Depth segregation and diet disparity revealed by stable isotope analyses in sympatric herbivorous cichlids in Lake Tanganyika

BACKGROUND: Lake Tanganyika in the African Great Rift Valley is known as a site of adaptive radiation in cichlid fishes. Diverse herbivorous fishes coexist on a rocky littoral of the lake. Herbivorous cichlids have acquired multiple feeding ecomorphs, including grazer, browser, scraper, and scooper,...

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Autores principales: Hata, Hiroki, Shibata, Jyunya, Omori, Koji, Kohda, Masanori, Hori, Michio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4657292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26605060
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40851-015-0016-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4657292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26605060
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40851-015-0016-1

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