Epilithic biofilm as a key factor for small-scale river fisheries on Caribbean islands

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 211-220

  Lefrancois E ^a   Coat, S ^a   Lepoint, G ^b   Vachiery N ^c   Gros, O ^a   Monti, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UMR ASTRE   (France)

Author keywords

Crustacean; Epilithic biofilm; Fish; Guadeloupe; Rivers; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; AUTOCHTHON; BIOFILM; CRUSTACEAN; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DIET; FAUNA; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; GREEN ALGA; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOLLUSC; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER BED; STABLE ISOTOPE;

GUADELOUPE; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

ATYIDAE (CRUSTACEANS); BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ELEOTRIDAE; GOBIIDAE; MOLLUSCA; PALAEMONIDAE; PISCES; XIPHOCARIDIDAE;

EID: 79955487217     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2010.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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