Intraspecific and interspecific relationships between host size and the abundance of parasitic larval gnathiid isopods on coral reef fishes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 164, Issue , 1998, Pages 263-271

  Grutter, Alexandra S ^a   Poulin, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coral reef fish; Ectoparasites; Fish size; Gnathiidae; Great Barrier Reef; Host parasite interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL REEF; ECTOPARASITE; HOST SIZE; REEF FISH;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HERON ISLAND; LIZARD ISLAND; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

CHLORURUS SORDIDUS; CTENOCHAETUS STRIATUS; GNATHIIDAE; HEMIGYMNUS MELAPTERUS; ISOPODA; SCOLOPSIS BILINEATUS; SIGANUS DOLIATUS; THALASSOMA LUNARE;

EID: 0032499182     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps164263     Document Type: Article

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