Dietary habits of juveniles of the Mayan cichlid, Cichlasoma urophthalmus, in mangrove ponds of an offshore islet in Belize, Central America

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 667-674

  Vaslet, Amandine ^a   France, Christine ^b   Baldwin, Carole C ^c   Feller, Ilka C ^d  

^a SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION   (United States)

^b MUSEUM CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Cichlidae; Diet; Seagrass beds; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CICHLASOMA UROPHTHALMUS; CICHLIDAE; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84871158091     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252012000300021     Document Type: Article

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