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De visfauna van een Kenyaans zeegrasveld en het dieet van de top-predator Plotosus lineatus; The ichthyofauna of a Kenyan seagrass bed and the diet of the top-predator Plotosus lineatus
Van Waeyenberge, J. (1994). De visfauna van een Kenyaans zeegrasveld en het dieet van de top-predator Plotosus lineatus; The ichthyofauna of a Kenyan seagrass bed and the diet of the top-predator Plotosus lineatus. Thesis. University of Gent, Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section: Ghent. 16 pp.

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Document type: Dissertation

Keywords
    Interspecific relationships > Predation
    Seagrass
    Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) [WoRMS]
    ISW, Kenya, Gazi Bay [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal

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  • Van Waeyenberge, J., more

Abstract
    From this short investigation on the prey spectrum of the cat fish Plotosus lineatus, we can conclude that they prey for more than 95% on (a few species of) amphipods and only show limited predation on crabs. Other prey items (shrimp and polychaeta) can be neglected.

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  • Van Waeyenberge J.; Mees J.; Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Ichthyofauna of a Kenyan seagrass bed and the diet of Plotosus lineatus (Gazi Bay, August 1993)., more

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