Spatial and temporal variation of cestode infection and its effects on two small barbs (Barbus humilis and B. tanapelagius) in Lake Tana, Ethiopia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 556, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-117

  Dejen, Eshete ^a,c   Vijverberg, Jacobus ^b   Sibbing, Ferdinand A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c Amhara Region Agricultural Research Institute   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

African lakes; Habitats; Parasite pressure; Piscivorous birds; Reproduction; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; LAKES; MICROORGANISMS; OCEAN HABITATS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AFRICAN LAKES; HABITATS; PARASITE PRESSURE; PISCIVOROUS BIRDS; REPRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; PARASITE PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; LAKE TANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; BARBUS HUMILIS; BARBUS TANAPELAGIUS; CESTODA; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; INVERTEBRATA; LIGULA; LIGULA INTESTINALIS; PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA;

EID: 29344440723     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1187-0     Document Type: Article

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