Trophic interrelationships between the exotic Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus and indigenous tilapiine cichlids in a subtropical African river system (Limpopo River, South Africa)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 479-489

  Zengeya, Tsungai Alfred ^a   Booth, Anthony J ^b   Bastos, Armanda D S ^a   Chimimba, Christian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Invasive indigenous fishes; Isotope analysis; Ontogeny; Stomach content analysis; Tilapiines

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MACROPHYTE; NATIVE SPECIES; NICHE PARTITIONING; ONTOGENY; PERCIFORM; PERIPHYTON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

LIMPOPO RIVER;

ALGAE; CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PISCES; TILAPIA; TILAPIA RENDALLI;

EID: 80355147075     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9865-4     Document Type: Article

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