Digenetic trematode community in nesting green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1202-1206

  Santoro, Mario ^a   Greiner, Ellis C ^a,b   Morales, Juan Alberto ^a   Rodríguez Ortíz, Beatriz ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENDOPARASITE; FLATWORM; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; CHELONIA MYDAS; CLINOSTOMIDAE; COMMUNITY CARE; COSTA RICA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MICROSCAPHIDIIDAE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PARAMPHISTOMIDAE; PRONOCEPHALIDAE; RHYTIDODIDAE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPIRORCHIIDAE; TREMATODIASIS; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; TURTLES;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; LIMON; TORTUGUERO NATIONAL PARK;

CHELONIA (GENUS); CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; CLINOSTOMIDAE; LEAREDIUS LEAREDI; MICROSCAPHIDIIDAE; PARAMPHISTOMIDAE; PRONOCEPHALIDAE; PYELOSOMUM; RHYTIDODIDAE; SPIRORCHIIDAE; TESTUDINES; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 33846967134     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-866R.1     Document Type: Article

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