Specialized morphology for a generalist diet: Evidence for Liem's Paradox in a cichlid fish

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1683-1699

  Binning, S A ^a   Chapman, L J ^a,b   Cosandey Godin, A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Isotope analysis; Molluscivory; Seasonality; Stomach content analysis; Trophic specialization

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CICHLID; DIET; HISTOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; MOLLUSC; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASON; STOMACH JUICE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CICHLIDS; DIET; FRESH WATER; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; INVERTEBRATES; MOLLUSCA; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POPULATION DENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

ASTATOREOCHROMIS ALLUAUDI; CICHLIDAE; HEXAPODA; MOLLUSCA; PISCES;

EID: 72249112326     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02421.x     Document Type: Article

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