Biogeographical patterns of marine larval trematode parasites in two intermediate snail hosts in Europe

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1493-1501

  Thieltges, David W ^a   Ferguson, MacNeill A D ^b   Jones, Cathy S ^b   Noble, Leslie R ^b   Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Distribution; Gastropod hosts; Hydrobia ulvae; Intermediate hosts; Littorina littorea; North East Atlantic; Parasites; Trematodes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; GASTROPOD; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LARVA; PARASITE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNAIL; SPECIES RICHNESS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

AVES; GASTROPODA; HYDROBIA ULVAE; LITTORINA LITTOREA; TREMATODA;

EID: 67650991993     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02066.x     Document Type: Article

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