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| Bartolette, Renata; Rosa, Daniela Cristina Oliveira; Soares, Bruno Eleres; Beserra, Danielle Antunes; Albrecht, Miriam Pilz; Brito, Marcelo Fulgêncio Guedes. |
| We described the feeding habits of Colomesus asellus from riverbanks of the upper-middle Tocantins River, Central Brazil. Two sampling expeditions were carried out in August (dry season) and in October (rainy season) of 2013, downstream from the Lajeado Hydroelectric Power Plant, Tocantins state. The diet of C. asellus was characterized and compared between juveniles and adults and between individuals captured in the dry season and in the rainy season. Individuals exhibited marked temporal segregation, with a predominance of adults on the riverbanks during the dry season and the predominance of juveniles in the rainy season. The diet of this species was based on diverse benthic prey, mostly Ephemeroptera nymphs (Insecta). Contrary to our expectations, the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Trophic ecology; Benthic prey; Insectivore.. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/35282 |
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