Food of an endangered cyprinodont (Aphanius Iberus): Ontogenetic diet shift and prey electivity

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 193-207

  Alcaraz, Carles ^a   García Berthou, Emili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoon; Cyprinodontidae; Iberian peninsula; Microhabitat; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

APHANIUS IBERUS; CYPRINODONTIDAE;

EID: 36749061055     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-0018-0     Document Type: Article

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