The role of the predatory trahira (Pisces: Erythrinidae) in structuring fish assemblages in lakes of a neotropical floodplain

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 651, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-126

  Petry, Ana Cristina ^a   Gomes, Luiz Carlos ^b   Piana, Pitágoras Augusto ^c   Agostinho, Angelo Antonio ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO OESTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hoplias aff. malabaricus; Predation; Whole lake experiment

Indexed keywords

FISH ASSEMBLAGE STRUCTURE; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; FLOOD PLAINS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; HOPLIAS AFF. MALABARICUS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MACROPHYTES; NATURAL DENSITY; PREY SPECIES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEASONALITY; SIZE CLASS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOTAL BIOMASS; TREATMENT GROUP; WHOLE-LAKE;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; LAKES;

FISH;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; NATIVE SPECIES; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PERSISTENCE; PREDATOR; SEASONALITY; TELEOST;

PARANA RIVER;

ERYTHRINIDAE; HOPLIAS; PISCES;

EID: 77953847966     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0281-0     Document Type: Article

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