Morphological characteristics in relation to diet in five coexisting Thai fish species

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1266-1279

  Ward Campbell, B M S ^a   Beamish, F W H ^a   Kongchaiya, C ^a  

^a BURAPHA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Diet; Morphology; Prey selection; Thailand

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; DRAGONFLY; FISH; MORPHOLOGY; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

CRUSTACEA; DERMOGENYS PUSILLA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MONOPTERUS ALBUS; ODONATA; PISCES; RASBORA; SCHISTURA; XENENTODON CANCILA;

EID: 33748507105     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2005.00821.x     Document Type: Article

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