Local-scale habitat influences morphological diversity of species assemblages of cichlid fishes in a tropical floodplain river

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 216-227

  Montana C G ^a   Winemiller, K O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Ecomorphology; Habitat structure; Neotropics; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 77954101734     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2010.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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