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Ontogenetic patterns in diet and feeding morphology in sympatric sparid fishes from seagrassmeadows
| Title: | Ontogenetic patterns in diet and feeding morphology in sympatric sparid fishes from seagrassmeadows. |
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| Name(s): |
Stoner, Allan W. Livingston, R. J. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Date Issued: | 1984 | |
| Publisher: | American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. | |
| Place of Publication: | New York | |
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| Extent: | 15 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | FA00007106 (IID) | |
| Note(s): |
The sparids Lagodon rhomboides and Diplodus holbrooki were spatially and
temporally sympatric and demonstrated similar growth patterns on seagrass
meadows of Apalachee Bay, Florida. Both species took a wide variety of food
items over the growth period, but distinctly different trophic stages exist for
both fishes and dietary overlap between the species was small. Ontogenetic and
interspecific variation in the diets of the fishes was correlated with differences
in external morphology related to locomotion, mouth dimensions and ontogeny
of dentition. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 333 This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Stoner, A. W. & Livingston, R. J. (1984). Ontogenetic patterns in diet and feeding morphology in sympatric sparid fishes from seagrass meadows. Copeia, 1, 174-187. |
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| Subject(s): |
Seagrasses--Florida Sparidae Sympatry Ontogeny Lagodon rhomboides Diplodus Diet |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007106 | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
