Shifts in the food of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.) in Lake Victoria, Kenya

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 163-170

  Njiru, M ^a   Okeyo Owuor, J B ^b   Muchiri, M ^b   Cowx, I G ^c  

^a KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Ecosystem changes; Haplochromines; Herbivorous; Insectivorous; Nile perch

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; PERCIFORM; STOMACH CONTENT;

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

ALGAE; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HEXAPODA; HYACINTHUS; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LATES NILOTICUS; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA; VERTEBRATA; VICTORIA;

EID: 9644267016     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2004.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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