Food webs and the transmission of parasites to marine fish

Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Marcogliese, D J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthos; Fish; Food webs; Marine; Parasites; Transmission; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; VERMES;

EID: 0036392393     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s003118200200149x     Document Type: Article

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