Structuring mechanisms of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) parasite communities: Host age, diet, and local factors

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1291-1301

  Johnson, Michael W ^a   Nelson, Patrick A ^a   Dick, Terry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LAKES; NUTRITION;

INFRACOMMUNITIES; PARASITES; SPECIES COMPOSITIONS; STRUCTURING MECHANISMS;

BIODIVERSITY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PARASITE; PERCID;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

APOPHALLUS BREVIS; AVES; BUNODERA SACCULATA; CREPIDOSTOMUM COOPERI; ECHINORHYNCHUS SALMONIS; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PERCIDAE; PROTEOCEPHALUS; PROTEOCEPHALUS PEARSEI; RAPHIDASCARIS; RAPHIDASCARIS ACUS; RUTA; SPINITECTUS; UROCLEIDUS; UROCLEIDUS ADSPECTUS;

EID: 12744263223     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-092     Document Type: Article

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