Feeding Ecology and Establishment of the Naturally-Colonized Freshwater Cichlid, Sarotherodon galilaeus (Pisces: Actinopterigii: Perciformes) from a Man-Made Lake, South-Benin, West Africa

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dc.contributor.authorGBAGUIDI, Houehanou MAG
dc.contributor.authorADITE, ALPHONSE
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
dc.date.available2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe freshwater cichlid, Sarotherodon galilaeus (Linné, 1758) is an economically and commercially important fisheries species that has naturally colonized and dominated a sand-dragged man-made freshwater lake of Ahozon (South-Benin) where the species made about 85.21% of the fish community. We investigated the feeding ecology of S. galilaeus in order to evaluate resource exploitation and the establishment of this species in Lake Ahozon. During wet, flood and dry seasons, 1189 individuals of S. galilaeus have been monthly sampled in the open water and in the aquatic vegetation habitats. The study showed that S. galilaeus consumed about seventy (70) food items dominated by algae (52.88%) composed of 28 families and 52 genera from blue-green a
dc.identifier.doi10.4236/nr.2016.76030
dc.identifier.otherBECDB-5895
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.uac.bj/handle/123456789/5428
dc.language.isofr
dc.relation.ispartofNatural Resources
dc.subjectAlgae
dc.subjectArtificial Lake
dc.subjectDiet Breadth
dc.subjectDiet Similarities
dc.subjectEcomorphology
dc.subjectEstablishment
dc.subjectFisheries
dc.subjectForaging Grounds
dc.subjectTilapine Species
dc.titleFeeding Ecology and Establishment of the Naturally-Colonized Freshwater Cichlid, Sarotherodon galilaeus (Pisces: Actinopterigii: Perciformes) from a Man-Made Lake, South-Benin, West Africa
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