Assessing diet composition of seahorses in the wild using a non destructive method: Hippocampus reidi (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) as a study-case

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 637-644

  Da Costa Castro, André Luiz ^a   De Farias Diniz, Aline ^a   Martins, Ieda Zaparolli ^a   Vendel, Ana Lúcia ^a   De Oliveira, Tacyana Pereira Ribeiro ^a   De Lucena Rosa, Ierecê Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation; Husbandry; Natural diet

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); HIPPOCAMPUS REIDI; NEMATODA; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 58049180776     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-62252008000400012     Document Type: Article

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