Parasites in the northern Wadden Sea: A conservative ecosystem component over 4 decades

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-47

  Thieltges, David W ^a   Hussel, Birgit ^b   Hermann, Judith ^c   Jensen, K Thomas ^a   Krakau, Manuela ^b   Taraschewski, Horst ^c   Reise, Karsten ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alien species; Birds; Climate; Invertebrates; Long term; Marine parasitism; Mytilicola; Profilicollis; Trematodes

Indexed keywords

ENDOPARASITE; HOST; METAZOAN; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; MYTILICOLA; PROFILICOLLIS; TREMATODA;

EID: 39649114593     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-007-0091-6     Document Type: Article

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