Linking species abundance distributions and body size in monogenean communities

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 187-193

  Poulin, Robert ^a   Justine, Jean Lou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FISH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LETHRINIDAE; MONOGENEAN PARASITE; NEW CALEDONIA; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PARASITE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRANIDAE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

DIPLECTANIDAE; LETHRINIDAE; MONOGENEA; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 43049127087     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0953-0     Document Type: Article

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