Small estuarine fishes feed on large trematode cercariae: Lab and field investigations

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 477-480

  Kaplan, Amber T ^a,b   Rebhal, S ^a   Lafferty, K D ^a   Kuris, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLATWORM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SNAIL; TELEOST;

ACANTHOPARYPHIUM SPINULOSUM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATHERINOPS AFFINIS; CERCARIA (TREMATODE LARVA); CLEVELANDIA IOS; CLOACITREMA MICHIGANENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ESTUARINE SPECIES; EUHAPLORCHIS CALIFORNIENSIS; FUNDULUS PARVIPINNIS; GILLICHTHYS MIRABILIS; HIMASTHLA RHIGEDANA; HYPSOPSETTA GUTTULATA; LEPTOCOTTUS ARMATUS; NONHUMAN; PARORCHIS ACANTHUS; PREDATION; PROBOLOCORYPHE UCA; PYGIDIOPSOIDES SPINDALIS; RENICOLA BUCHANANI; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STICTODORA HANCOCKI; TREMATODE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAIL;

CERITHIDEA CALIFORNICA; CYPRINODONTOIDEI; FUNDULUS PARVIPINNIS; GASTROPODA; MARTES PENNANTI; PISCES; TREMATODA;

ANIMALS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FUNDULIDAE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SNAILS; TREMATODA;

EID: 67651085450     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1737.1     Document Type: Article

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