Diet of four annual killifishes: An intra and interspecific comparison

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-86

  Laufer, Gabriel ^a   Arim, Matías ^a,b   Loureiro, Marcelo ^a,c   Piñeiro Guerra, Juan Manuel ^a   Clavijo Baquet, Sabrina ^b   Fagúndez, César ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Annual fishes; Food analysis; Foraging behavior; Predators

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CYNOLEBIAS LUTEOFLAMMULATUS; CYNOLEBIAS VIARIUS; CYNOPOECILUS MELANOTAENIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYPRINODONTOIDEI; DIPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; PISCES;

EID: 65349093545     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-62252009000100010     Document Type: Article

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