Isotopic evidence of functional overlap amongst the resilient pelagic fishes of Lake Victoria, Kenya

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 529, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-34

  Ojwang, William O ^a   Kaufman, Les ^b   Asila, Andrew A ^a   Agembe, Simon ^a   Michener, Bob ^b  

^a KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

energy sources; food web structures; functional roles; Lake Victoria; pelagic fish species; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPE MODEL; RESILIENT PELAGIC FISHES;

LAKES;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NICHE OVERLAP; PELAGIC FISH; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

CICHLIDAE; PISCES; RASTRINEOBOLA ARGENTEA; VICTORIA; YSSICHROMIS FUSIFORMIS; YSSICHROMIS LAPAROGRAMMA;

EID: 8844268466     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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