Endoparasites in common eiders Somateria mollissima from birds killed by an oil spill in the northern Wadden Sea

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-308

  Thieltges, David W ^a   Hussel, Birgit ^a   Baekgaard, Henrik ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acanthocephalans; Cestodes; Common eider; Mass mortality; Nematodes; Parasites; Trematodes; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENDOPARASITE; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; OIL SPILL; PARASITISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); AMIDOSTOMUM ACUTUM; AVES; BIVALVIA; CARCINUS MAENAS; CESTODA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NEMATODA; POLYMORPHUS BOTULUS; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; TREMATODA;

EID: 33646428124     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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