Lateral migration of fish between an oxbow lake and an Amazonian headwater river

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 619-627

  Osorio, Darwin ^a   Terborgh, John ^b   Alvarez, Adriana ^c   Ortega, Hernán ^a   Quispe, Roberto ^a   Chipollini, Vanessa ^a   Davenport, Lisa C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amazon; Cocha Cashu; Fish; Lateral migration; Manu River; Oxbow lake

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054045165     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2011.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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