Trematodes indicate animal biodiversity in the chilean intertidal and Lake Tanganyika

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 966-968

  Hechinger, Ryan F ^a   Lafferty, Kevin D ^b   Kuris, Armand M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNITY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; DATA; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FLATWORM; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SNAIL; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHILE; CRAB; FISH; FOOD WEB; HABITAT; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; SNAIL; TREMATODE;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVIA; BRACHYURA; CHILE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SNAILS; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE TANGANYIKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; TREMATODA;

EID: 51449107180     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1381.1     Document Type: Article

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