Spatial and trophic niche overlap between Diplodus bellottii and Diplodus vulgaris in the Tagus estuary, Portugal

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 837-842

  Horta, Manuel ^a   Costa, Maria José ^a   Cabral, Henrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DIET; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NICHE OVERLAP; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS ESTUARY;

ALGAE; ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; BIVALVIA; CARNIVORA; CRUSTACEA; DIPLODUS BELLOTTII; DIPLODUS VULGARIS; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA;

EID: 4544279388     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404010033h     Document Type: Article

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