Plasticity in the diet of an insectivorous Characin from a coastal stream of south-east Brazil: effects of riparian canopy cover in the diet and prey selectivity
Riparian zones are intimately linked to aquatic ecosystems and affect a number of processes including the maintenance of many fishes species that feed directly on insect prey of both allo and autochtonous origin. Mimagoniates microlepis is a Glandulocaudinae species whose diet is broadly based on un...
Main Author: | Paula Barreiro Mazzoni |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Marine Science |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.FMARS.2015.03.00210/full |
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