Habitat selection by Lernanthropus cynoscicola (Copepoda: Lernanthropidae): Host as physical environment, a major determinant of niche restriction

Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-163

  Timi, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Lernanthropus cynoscicola; Mating hypothesis; Microhabitat selection; Parasitic copepods

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; CYNOSCION GUATUCUPA; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECTOPARASITE; FEMALE; FISH; GILL; HABITAT SELECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LERNANTHROPUS CYNOSCICOLA; MALE; MATING; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; COPEPODA; FEMALE; FISHES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; CYNOSCION; LERNANTHROPIDAE; LERNANTHROPUS;

EID: 0041353418     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182003003470     Document Type: Article

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