Feeding association between benthic and nektonic Neotropical stream fishes

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-111

  Teresa, Fabrício Barreto ^a   Carvalho, Fernando Rogério ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aspidoras fuscoguttatus; Feeding strategies; Following behaviour; Interspecific interaction; Southeastern Brazil

Indexed keywords

ASPIDORAS FUSCOGUTTATUS; ASTYANAX ALTIPARANAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; KNODUS; PISCES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 41949107437     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252008000100013     Document Type: Article

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