The opportunistic feeding and reproduction strategies of the annual fish cynopoecilus melanotaenia (cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) inhabiting ephemeral habitats on southern Brazil

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 191-200

  da Silva Goçalves, Cristina ^a   Souza, Ursulla Pereira ^a   Volcan, Matheus Vieira ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Pró Pampa IPPampa Laboratório de Ictiologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aplocheiloidei; Diet; Fecundity; Invertivorous; Opportunism

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; APLOCHEILOIDEI; CHAOBORIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; CULICIDAE; CYNOPOECILUS MELANOTAENIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; HEXAPODA; OSTRACODA; PISCES; RIVULINAE (APLOCHEILIDAE); SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 79957610089     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252011000100019     Document Type: Article

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