MEBIN- Title
- Shedding of gill epithelia by grey mullets (Family Mugilidae) in Negombo Estu...
- Abstract
The grey mullets (Family: Mugilidae) have been described as plankton feeders, herbivores, omnivores, slime feeders, foul feeders, bottom feeders, etc. In general, grey mullets are known to be benthic feeders. During a comprehensive trophic ecological study of fish assemblages in brush-parks in the Negombo estuary, Sri Lanka, carried out from 2014 to 2016, a food item that was not found in the aquatic environment, such as zooplankton, phytoplankton, macrophyte or detritus, was observed in t...
- Publication Date
- June 6, 2017, 2:18 a.m.
- Keywords
- Negombo Estuary , Lagoon and Estuaries Fish Fauna , Mugil cephalus
- Category
- Coastal and Marine Sensitive Habitats
- flora and/or fauna in natural environment. Examples: wildlife, vegetation, biological sciences, ecology, wilderness, sealife, wetlands, habitat
- Regions
- M 5
- Owner
- prds1
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
Gammanpila M.,Wijeyaratne M.J.S. and Amarasinghe U.S. 2016. Shedding of gill epithelia by grey mullets (Family Mugilidae) in Negombo Estuary. Sri Lanka Sri L...
- Spatial Representation Type
- textual or tabular data is used to represent geographic data
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