Infection with an acanthocephalan manipulates an amphipod's reaction to a fish predator's odours

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-65

  Baldauf, Sebastian A ^a   Thünken, Timo ^a   Frommen, Joachim G ^a   Bakker, Theo C M ^a   Heupel, Oliver ^a   Kullmann, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gammarus pulex; Intermediate host; Manipulation; Olfactory predator cues; Parasite induced behaviour; Parasitism; Pomphorhynchus laevis; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

AMPHIPOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; HOST USE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INVERTEBRATE; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; VISUAL CUE;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FISH; GAMMARUS PULEX; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PARASITE; PARASITISM; POMPHORHYNCHUS LAEVIS; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; SEXUAL MATURITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; ODORS; PERCHES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SMELL; VISION;

AMPHIPODA; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS PULEX; POMPHORHYNCHUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33845623438     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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