Spatial and seasonal patterns in the feeding habits of juvenile Lates niloticus (L.), in the Mwanza Gulf of Lake Victoria

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 568, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-133

  Katunzi, E F B ^a   Van Densen, W L T ^b   Wanik, J H ^c,d   Witte, F ^c  

^a TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Koeman en Bijkerk bv   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dietary shift; Key prey; Nile perch; Piscivory; Shrimps

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERIES; GENES; LAKES; NUTRITION;

DIETARY SHIFT; KEY PREY; NILE PERCH; PISCIVORY; SHRIMPS;

BIODIVERSITY;

CICHLID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; JUVENILE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PLANKTIVORY; PREDATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOMACH CONTENT; WATER DEPTH; ZOOPLANKTON;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; MWANZA [TANZANIA]; MWANZA GULF; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ARTHROPODA; CALANOIDA; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CICHLIDAE; CYCLOPOIDA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; LATES NILOTICUS;

EID: 33746825857     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0033-3     Document Type: Article

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