The ecological significance of helminth endoparasites on the physiological performance of two sympatric fishes

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 194-203

  Lutterschmidt, William I ^a   Schaefer, Jacob F ^b   Fiorillo, Riccardo A ^c  

^a Sam Houston State University   (United States)

^b The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoparasites; Endurance; Fishes; Habitat selection; Helminths; Lepomis; Physiological performance; Resource competition; Sympatric species; Temperature; Thermal tolerance

Indexed keywords

CENTRARCHIDAE; LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; LEPOMIS MEGALOTIS; PISCES; VERMES;

EID: 34547754545     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4248.1     Document Type: Article

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