Importance of parasites and their life cycle characteristics in determining the structure of a large marine food web

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-85

  Thompson, Ross M ^a   Mouritsen, Kim N ^b   Poulin, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Energy; Helminths; Host specificity; Intertidal mudflat

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; HOST SPECIFICITY; LIFE CYCLE; MUDFLAT; PARASITE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 13844261208     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2004.00899.x     Document Type: Article

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