Recruitment, population structure, and habitat selection of Corynosoma australe (Acanthocephala) in South American fur seals, Arctocephalus australis, from Uruguay

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 726-733

  Aznar, F J ^a   Cappozzo, H L ^b   Taddeo, D ^b   Montero, F E ^a   Raga, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

HIGH TRANSMISSION RATE; INTESTINAL DISTRIBUTIONS; INTESTINES; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY;

HABITAT SELECTION; PARASITE; PARASITE INTENSITY; PINNIPED; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS AUSTRALIS; CORYNOSOMA; CORYNOSOMA AUSTRALE; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 4544338901     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-044     Document Type: Article

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