Following food clouds: Feeding association between a minute loricariid and a characidiin species in an Atlantic Forest stream, Southeastern Brazil

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-310

  Leitão, Rafael P ^a   Caramaschi, Érica P ^a   Zuanon, Jansen ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crenuchidae; Following behavior; Foraging habits; Freshwater; Hypoptopomatinae

Indexed keywords

CHARACIDIUM SP.; CRENUCHIDAE; LORICARIIDAE; PAROTOCINCLUS; PISCES;

EID: 35348901388     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252007000300011     Document Type: Article

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