Demersal fish parasite fauna around the South Shetland Islands: High species richness and low host specificity in deep Antarctic waters

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1513-1522

  Palm, Harry W ^a   Klimpel, Sven ^a   Walter, Thorsten ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic fishes; Cosmopolitan parasites; Distribution; Endemic parasites; Food web; Generalist; Host specificity; Parasite diversity; South Shetland Islands; Transmission; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; DEMERSAL FISH; FAUNA; FLATWORM; FOOD WEB; GENERALIST; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST SPECIFICITY; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERCIFORM; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; ELEPHANT ISLAND; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; BATHYDRACONIDAE; CESTODA; CHAENOCEPHALUS ACERATUS; CHANNICHTHYIDAE; CONTRACAECUM RADIATUM; CORYNOSOMA BULLOSUM; GEMPYLIDAE; GOBIONOTOTHEN GIBBERIFRONS; LEPIDONOTOTHEN LARSENI; MAMMALIA; MURAENOLEPIDIDAE; MURAENOLEPIS MICROPS; NEMATODA; NOTOTHENIIDAE; PARACHAENICHTHYS CHARCOTI; PARADIPLOSPINUS GRACILIS; PISCES; PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA; PSEUDOTERRANOVA DECIPIENS; TELEOSTEI; TREMATOMUS;

EID: 34948826975     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0312-0     Document Type: Article

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