Generalist niche, specialist strategy: The diet of an Australian percichthyid

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1183-1199

  Smith, J A ^a,b   Baumgartner, L J ^c   Suthers, I M ^a,b   Taylor, M D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c Narrandera Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interindividual variation; Macquaria novemaculeata; Ontogeny; Predation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; DIET; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOMACH JUICE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; DIET; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; PERCIFORMES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

DAPHNIA SP.; MACQUARIA NOVEMACULEATA; PERCICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 79953296844     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02926.x     Document Type: Article

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