Parasites alter the topology of a stream food web across seasons

Oecologia

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 613-624

  Hernandez, Alexander D ^a,b   Sukhdeo, Michael V K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coastal plains; Connectance; Food webs; Parasitism; Pinelands; Relative nestedness; Stable unit groups

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONNECTIVITY; ENERGY FLOW; FOOD WEB; NESTEDNESS; PARASITE; PARASITISM; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMWATER; TOPOLOGY;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; FISH; FISH DISEASE; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SEASON; TREMATODE;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; INVERTEBRATES; RIVERS; SEASONS; TREMATODA;

ANIMALIA; VERMES;

EID: 43349093899     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-0999-9     Document Type: Article

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