Temporal and spatial patterns of nestedness in eel macroparasite communities

Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-211

  Norton, J ^a,b   Lewis, J W ^a   Rollinson, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Component community; Eel; Infracommunity; Macroparasite; Nestedness

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CESTODE; EEL; INTESTINE PARASITE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES HABITAT; TREMATODE;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; ENGLAND; FISH DISEASES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; RIVERS; SEASONS;

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; CESTODA; NEMATODA; TREMATODA;

EID: 4344658617     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004005517     Document Type: Article

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