Geographic analysis of host use, development, and habitat use of an acanthocephalan species, Leptorhynchoides thecatus

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 464-472

  Steinauer, Michelle L ^a,b   Parham, James E ^a,c   Nickol, Brent B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; HABITAT USE; HOST SELECTION; HOST USE; PARASITE;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BASS; CECUM; FISH; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE; LATITUDE; LEPTORHYNCHOIDES THECATUS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; RIVER; SPECIES HABITAT; STATISTICS;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; ANIMALS; BASS; CECUM; ENVIRONMENT; FISH DISEASES; GADIFORMES; GEOGRAPHY; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; ICTALURIDAE; INTESTINES; PERCIFORMES; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; MISSISSIPPI; MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CENTRARCHIDAE; LEPOMIS; LEPTORHYNCHOIDES THECATUS; MICROPTERUS; PISCES;

EID: 33746564605     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-708R.1     Document Type: Article

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