Trophic ecology of commercially important fishes in the cross river, Nigeria

Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-44

  Offem, B O ^a   Samsons, Y A ^b   Omoniyi, I T ^b  

^a CROSS RIVER UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Diet breadth; Diet composition; Diet similarity; Food richness; Gut Repletion Index; Ichthyofauna

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; MOLLUSCA; PISCES;

EID: 78649255836     PISSN: 10187081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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