Community structure and seasonal dynamics of helminth parasites in Lepomis cyanellus and L. macrochirus from Charlie's Pond, North Carolina: Host size and species as determinants of community structure

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-49

  Fellis, K J ^a   Esch, G W ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ACTINOCLEIDUS; ARTICLE; BOTHRIOCEPHALUS ACHEILOGNATHI; CAMALLANUS OXYCEPHALUS; CAPILLARIA; CESTODE; CLAVUNCULUS; CLINOSTOMUM COMPLANATUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIPLOSTOMUM SCHEURENGI; FISH; HELMINTH; LEPOMIS CYANELLUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; NEMATODE; NEOECHINORHYNCHUS CYLINDRATUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PISCIAMPHISTOMA STUNKARDI; POSTHODIPLOSTOMUM MINIMUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPINITECTUS CAROLINI; SPIROXYS CONTORTA; TREMATODE; UVULIFER AMBLOPLITIS;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; NORTH CAROLINA; PERCIFORMES; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

CHARLIE'S POND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ACTINOCLEIDUS; BOTHRIOCEPHALUS; BOTHRIOCEPHALUS ACHEILOGNATHI; CAMALLANUS; CAPILLARIA; CENTRARCHIDAE; CESTODA; CLINOSTOMUM; CLINOSTOMUM COMPLANATUM; DIPLOSTOMUM; LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS CYANELLUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; NEOECHINORHYNCHUS; NEOECHINORHYNCHUS CYLINDRATUS; OXYCEPHALUS; PISCES; PISCIAMPHISTOMA STUNKARDI; POSTHODIPLOSTOMUM; POSTHODIPLOSTOMUM MINIMUM; SPIROXYS; TREMATODA; UVULIFER; VERMES;

EID: 1442299365     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3037     Document Type: Article

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