Parasite faunas of freshwater fish: The relationship between richness and the specificity of parasites

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1091-1098

  Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Host range; Host specificity; Nestedness; Parasite faunas; Species richness; Study effort

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

FRESHWATER FISH; HOST SPECIFICITY; PARASITE FAUNA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; FAUNA; FISH; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PREDICTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CANADA; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANADA;

ANIMALIA; CATOSTOMIDAE; CENTRARCHIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; PERCIDAE; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0030775520     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00070-2     Document Type: Article

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