Spatial and temporal repeatability in parasite community structure of tropical fish hosts

Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 387-398

  Vidal Martinez V M ^a   Poulin, R ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cichlids; Nestedness; Parasite community ecology; Red grouper; South eastern Mexico

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CICHLID; COPEPOD; ECOLOGY; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MEXICO; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRESH WATER; HELMINTHS; MEXICO; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PERCIFORMES; SEAWATER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ANIMALIA; CICHLASOMA UROPHTHALMUS; CICHLIDAE; COPEPODA; EPINEPHELUS; EPINEPHELUS MORIO; NEMATODA;

EID: 18744424441     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182003003792     Document Type: Article

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