Feeding habits of four sympatric fish species in the Iberian Peninsula: Keys to understanding coexistence using prey traits

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 667, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-132

  Sánchez Hernández, Javier ^a,b   Vieira Lanero, Rufino ^b   Servia, María J ^c   Cobo, Fernando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Estación de Hidrobioloxía Encoro do Con   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Diet; Iberian Peninsula; Macroinvertebrate traits

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COEXISTENCE; CYPRINID; DETRITUS; DIET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; HABITAT TYPE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; OMNIVORY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SALMONID; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMPATRY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

ANIMALIA; ARCASII; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 79953725975     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0643-2     Document Type: Article

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