Associations between shorebird abundance and parasites in the sand crab, Emerita analoga, along the California coast

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-273

  Smith, Nancy F ^a  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; CRAB; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INTERMEDIATE HOST; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIATION; WADER;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BIRD; CRAB; EMERITA ANALOGA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; METACERCARIA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SAND; SAND CRAB; SEABIRD; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAIL; TREMATODE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANOMURA; BATHING BEACHES; CALIFORNIA; CHARADRIIFORMES; HELMINTHS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); AVES; ELASMOBRANCHII; EMERITA ANALOGA; HIPPIDAE; NEMATODA; POLYMORPHUS KENTI; PROLEPTUS; SPELOTREMA; TREMATODA;

EID: 34249069229     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1002R.1     Document Type: Article

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