Relationships among habitat, ecomorphology and diets of cichlids in the Bladen River, Belize

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-152

  Cochran Biederman, Jennifer L ^a,b   Winemiller, Kirk O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Cichlidae; Neotropics; Niche relationships; Ordination; Resource partitioning; Species assemblage

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; DIET; DRAINAGE BASIN; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURE RESERVE; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; NICHE PARTITIONING; ORDINATION; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATERSHED;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA];

CICHLIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 77951767620     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9624-y     Document Type: Article

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