Evolutionary constraints on population structure: The parasites of Fundulus zebrinus (Pisces: Cyprinodontidae) in the South Platte River of Nebraska

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 584-592

  Janovy Jr , J ^a   Snyder, S D ^a   Clopton, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EVOLUTIONARY CONSTRAINT; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITE COMMUNITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CERCARIA; CILIATE; CYPRINIFORMES; FISH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; RIVER;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; KILLIFISHES; MALE; NEBRASKA; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

USA, NEBRASKA, SOUTH PLATTE RIVER;

CILIOPHORA; CYPRINIFORMES; CYPRINODONTIDAE; FUNDULUS ZEBRINUS; PISCES; TREMATODA;

EID: 0030788395     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284228     Document Type: Article

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