Dietary histories of herbivorous loricariid catfishes: Evidence from δ13C values of otoliths

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-21

  Nonogaki, Hirofumi ^a   Nelson, Jay A ^b   Patterson, William P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

13C; Herbivorous; Hypostomus; Loricariidae; Otolith; Panaque

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HERBIVORE; LIFE HISTORY; METABOLISM; OTOLITH; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

HYPOSTOMUS; HYPOSTOMUS REGANI; HYPOSTOMUS SP.; LORICARIIDAE; PANAQUE; PANAQUE NIGROLINEATUS; PISCES; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 33845600902     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9074-8     Document Type: Article

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