Diet-morphology relationship in a fish assemblage from a medium-sized river of French Guiana: The effect of species taxonomic proximity

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-184

  Mérona, Bernard De ^a   Hugueny, Bernard ^a   Tejerina Garro, Francisco Leonardo ^b   Gautheret, Emmanuelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Ecomorphology; French Guiana; Freshwater fish; Neotropics; River

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DIET; GUILD; MORPHOLOGY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; TAXONOMY;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 46749090895     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2008032     Document Type: Article

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