Structure of the parasite communities of a coral reef fish assemblage (Labridae): Testing ecological and phylogenetic host factors

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-30

  Muñoz, Gabriela ^a,b   Grutter, Alexandra S ^a   Cribb, Tom H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; ECTOPARASITE; ENDOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PERCIFORM; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; CESTODE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DIET; ECOLOGY; ECTOPARASITE; ENDOPARASITE; FISH; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREY SELECTION; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES RICHNESS; SWIMMING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANTHOZOA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; LIZARD ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; CESTODA; GNATHIIDAE; LABRIDAE; PISCES; SQUAMATA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BODY SIZE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FISH DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; QUEENSLAND; SWIMMING;

EID: 34247235102     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-969R.1     Document Type: Article

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