Trophic ecology of the fish Arothron meleagris (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from Los Frailes reef, Southern Baja California, Mexico;Ecología trófica del pez Arothron meleagris (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) en el arrecife de Los Frailes, Baja California Sur, México

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 113-123

  Moreno, Xchel G ^a   Abitia, L Andrés ^a   Favila, Araceli ^a   Gutiérrez, Francisco J ^a   Palacios, Devis S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arothron meleagris; Diet; Mexico; Reef fish; Tropical eastern Pacific

Indexed keywords

AROTHRON MELEAGRIS; BRYOZOA; ECHINOMETRA VANBRUNTI; POCILLOPORA; PORIFERA; PORITES; TETRAODONTIDAE; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH JUICE; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; MALE; MEXICO; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

EID: 70449711667     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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