The importance of zooplankton in the diets of three native fish species in floodplain waterholes of a dryland river, the Macintyre River, Australia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 614, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-31

  Medeiros, Elvio S F ^a,b   Arthington, Angela H ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde CCBS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Australia; Diet; Dryland rivers; Fish; Floodplain waterholes; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC LINES; ENERGY RESOURCES; FISH; FOOD ADDITIVES; MEATS; NUTRITION; OCEAN HABITATS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

AUSTRALIA; DIET; DRYLAND RIVERS; FLOODPLAIN WATERHOLES; ZOOPLANKTON;

RIVERS;

BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD WEB; MORPHOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; ONTOGENY; PERCID; RIVER; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MACINTYRE RIVER;

AMBASSIS AGASSIZII; CALANOIDA; CYCLOPOIDA; DAPHNIIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEIOPOTHERAPON UNICOLOR; NEMATALOSA EREBI;

EID: 53149096238     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9533-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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