Seasonal and diel comparisons of the diets of four dominant fish species within the main channel and flood-zone of a small intermittently open estuary in south-eastern Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1086-1095

  Becker, Alistair ^a   Laurenson, Laurie J B ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diptera; Partitioning; Piscivores; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIEL VARIATION; DIET; DOMINANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FLOOD; NICHE PARTITIONING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATHERINOSOMA MICROSTOMA; CRUSTACEA; DIPTERA; GALAXIAS MACULATUS; HEXAPODA; PHILYPNODON GRANDICEPS; PSEUDOGOBIUS OLORUM;

EID: 37149021321     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF06135     Document Type: Article

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