Reproductive and feeding ecology of parasitic gnathiid isopods of epaulette sharks (Hemiscyllium ocellatum) with consideration of their role in the transmission of a haemogregarine

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-27

  McKiernan, John P ^a   Grutter, Alexandra S ^a   Davies, Angela J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gnathiidae; Haemogregarinidae; Hemiscyllium ocellatum; Isopoda; Life cycle; Parasite

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOPOD; LIFE CYCLE; SHARK;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BROOD PARASITISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FEMALE; INFECTION; JUVENILE; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHARK; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMETRY; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOPODA; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CUCURBITA; ELASMOBRANCHII; GNATHIA; GNATHIIDAE; HAEMOGREGARINA; HEMISCYLLIUM; HEMISCYLLIUM OCELLATUM; ISOPODA; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIOMETRY; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE VECTORS; EUCOCCIDIIDA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; ISOPODA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; SHARKS;

EID: 21644470608     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2004.10.016     Document Type: Article

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