Trophic niche partitioning in communities of African annual fish: Evidence from stable isotopes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 721, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 99-106

  Polačik, Matej ^a   Harrod, Chris ^b,c   Blažek, Radim ^a   Reichard, Martin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Africa; Coexistence; Extreme environment; Niche separation; Nothobranchius; Sympatric

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COEXISTENCE; FISH; FOOD; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT; SYMPATRY;

AFRICA;

CYPRINODONTOIDEI; NOTHOBRANCHIUS; NOTHOBRANCHIUS FURZERI;

EID: 84888010729     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1652-0     Document Type: Article

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