Ontogenetic and seasonal shifts in the diet of the pemecou sea catfish Sciades herzbergii (Siluriformes: Ariidae), from a macrotidal mangrove creek in the Curuçá estuary, Northern Brazil

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 861-873

  Giarrizzo, Tommaso ^a,b   Saint Paul, Ulrich ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ariidae; Feeding strategy; Grapsidae; Mangrove; Ocypodidae; Sciades herzbergii; Stomach contents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CATFISH; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; STOMACH JUICE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATFISHES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; SEASONS;

ARIIDAE; GRAPSIDAE; OCYPODIDAE; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 51449092574     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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