Comparison of fish assemblages in two littoral habitats in a Neotropical morichal stream in Venezuela

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 577-582

  Montaña, Carmen G ^a   Layman, Craig A ^b   Taphorn, Donald C ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Museo de Historia Natural La Salle   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Food availability; Habitat complexity; Predation; Prey; Refugia

Indexed keywords

CHARACIDAE; CICHLIDAE; MAURITIA FLEXUOSA; MAURITIELLA; PISCES;

EID: 58049181967     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252008000400005     Document Type: Article

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