Eating at the edges: the feeding mode and the individual-resource networks of a characid fish in the periphyton

Abstract: Aim We evaluated the predation interactions between Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae and periphytic algae, in the presence or absence of an intermediate consumer (zooplankton). We tested the following hypotheses using a microcosms experiment: 1) fish consume zooplankton when available, theref...

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Main Authors: Ubirajara Lima Fernandes, Grasiela Casas, Taise Miranda Lopes, Leandra Palheta, Liliana Rodrigues, Bárbara Dunck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Limnologia 2020-11-01
Series:Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2020000100203&tlng=en