Extreme trophic segregation between sympatric fish species: The case of small sized body aphyocharax in the Brazilian Pantanal

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 635, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-65

  Corrêa, Carlos E ^a   Hahn, Norma S ^a,b   Delariva, Rosilene L ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b Ictiologia e Aqüicultura ^*  (Brazil)

^c Aperfeiçoamento em Osteopatia em andamento na Escuela de Osteopatia de Madrid   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aphyocharax anisitsi; Aphyocharax dentatus; Coexistence; Diet; Floodplain

Indexed keywords

APHYOCHARAX ANISITSI; APHYOCHARAX DENTATUS; COEXISTENCE; DIET; FLOODPLAIN;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DROUGHT; FEEDING; FISH; FORESTRY; MEATS; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

ECOLOGY;

BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD WEB; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; NICHE BREADTH; NICHE PARTITIONING; PISCIVORY; SUBSPECIES; SYMPATRY; TELEOST; TROPHIC STATUS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; PANTANAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

APHYOCHARACINAE; APHYOCHARAX; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70350383477     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9861-2     Document Type: Article

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