Fish assemblage of a traditional fishery and the seasonal variations in diet of its most abundant species Wallago attu (Siluriformes: Siluridae) from a tropical floodplain

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 263-272

  Islam, Md Shahidul ^a   Rahman, Mohammed Mokhlesur ^b   Halder, Govinda Chandra ^c   Tanaka, Masaru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^c BANGLADESH FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Fish assemblage; Floodplain; Kata fishery; Piscivory; Predator Prey relationship; Wallago attu

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIETARY SHIFT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FLOODPLAIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOMACH CONTENT;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

AMBLYPHARYNGODON MOLA; BAGRIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GLOSSOGOBIUS; HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS; MASTACEMBELUS ARMATUS; MYSTUS VITTATUS; PISCES; PUNTIUS; PUNTIUS TICTO; SILURIDAE; SILURIFORMES; WALLAGO ATTU;

EID: 33749258759     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-005-9023-1     Document Type: Article

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