Trophic ecology of northern Australia's terapontids: Ontogenetic dietary shifts and feeding classification

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 265-286

  Davis, A M ^a   Pearson, R G ^a   Pusey, B J ^b   Perna, C ^b   Morgan, D L ^c   Burrows, D ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Herbivory; Ontogeny; Terapontidae; Trophic divergence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; PERCIFORMES;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; PERCIFORMES;

HEXAPODA; TERAPONTIDAE;

EID: 78651427518     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02862.x     Document Type: Article

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