Regional Versus Local Helminth Parasite Richness in British Freshwater Fish: Saturated or Unsaturated Parasite Communities?

Parasitology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 175-185

  Guegan, J F ^b   Guegan J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

community; helminth; predictability; saturation; species richness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FISH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GREAT BRITAIN; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028067630     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000076289     Document Type: Article

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