Increased abundance of snails and trematode parasites of Fundulus heteroclitus (L.) in restored New Jersey wetlands

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 173-182

  Santiago Bass, Celine ^a,b   Weis, Judith S ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Great Ecology and Environments Inc   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascocotyle (Phagicola) diminuta; Digenean trematode metacercariae; Echinochasmus schwartzi; Hackensack Meadowlands; Littoridinops tenuipes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLATWORM; HABITAT QUALITY; LIFE CYCLE; MARSH; PARASITE; PARASITE INTENSITY; SNAIL; TELEOST; WETLAND;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ASCOCOTYLE DIMINUTA; AVES; ECHINOCHASMUS SCHWARTZI; FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LITTORIDINOPS TENUIPES; TREMATODA;

EID: 42549090512     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-007-9064-4     Document Type: Article

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