Spatial heterogeneity in the parasite communities of creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus) in southeastern Nebraska

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 230-235

  Barger, Michael A ^a  

^a PERU STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ALLOCREADIUM LOBATUM; ARTICLE; CREEK CHUB; HELMINTH; HOST RANGE; INTESTINE PARASITE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PAULISENTIS MISSOURIENSIS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PROTEOCEPHALUS; RHABDOCHONA CANADENSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMOTILUS ATROMACULATUS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATERSHED;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CYPRINIDAE; FISH DISEASES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; NEBRASKA; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

NEBRASKA; NEMAHA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALLOCREADIUM LOBATUM; PAULISENTIS MISSOURIENSIS; PROTEOCEPHALUS; PROTEOCEPHALUS SP.; RHABDOCHONA CANADENSIS; SEMOTILUS ATROMACULATUS; VERMES;

EID: 33646480818     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-645R1.1     Document Type: Article

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