Ecomorphology of feeding and food resource partitioning in fish assemblages of brush parks in a Sri Lankan estuary

Title: Ecomorphology of feeding and food resource partitioning in fish assemblages o...
Abstract: Ecomorphological correlates of diet and food resource partitioning among fish assemblages in the brush parks of Meegamuwa (=Negombo) estuary, Sri Lanka were studied. The brush parks in Meegamuwa estuary, Sri Lanka are occupied by fish species of wide ranges of morphological features and dietary habits. Morphological characteristics and dietary habits ordinated by principal component analysis revealed similar faunal patterns. Species having higher values of relative height of the body, rela...
Publication Date: June 6, 2017, 2:33 a.m.
Keywords: Negombo Estuary , Lagoon and Estuaries Fish Fauna
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: Perera G.A.Y.T., Amarasinghe U.S. 2007. Ecomorphology of feeding and food resource partitioning in fish assemblages of brush parks in a Sri Lankan estuary. S...

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