A 20-year census of a rocky littoral fish community in Lake Tanganyika

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-248

  Takeuchi, Y ^a   Ochi, H ^b   Kohda, M ^c   Sinyinza, D ^d   Hori, M ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka City University ^*  (Japan)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^d Lake Tanganyika Research Unit   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Cichlid, Lake Tanganyika; Community structure; Long term monitoring; Stability of community

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 77954110989     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2010.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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