The food and feeding relationships of larval and 0+ year juvenile fishes in lowland rivers and connected waterbodies. I. Ontogenetic shifts and interspecific diet similarity

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 726-742

  Nunn, A D ^a   Harvey, J P ^a   Cowx, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

0+ year juvenile fishes; Dietary overlap; Food; Larval fishes; Lowland rivers; Ontogenetic shifts

Indexed keywords

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EID: 33847216558     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01334.x     Document Type: Article

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