Composition and diversity patterns in metazoan parasite communities and anthropogenic disturbance in stream ecosystems

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-102

  Hernandez, A D ^a,c   Bunnell, J F ^b   Sukhdeo, M V K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b New Jersey Pinelands Commission   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black waters; Coastal plains; Community structure; Degradation; New Jersey; Parasitism; Pinelands

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH DISEASE; FOOD WEB; HELMINTH; LAND USE; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM (RIVER); TROPHIC CASCADE; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NEW JERSEY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; APHREDODERUS SAYANUS; METAZOA; VERMES;

EID: 33845446866     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006001247     Document Type: Article

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