Can parasites really reveal environmental impact?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-51

  Vidal Martínez, Victor M ^a   Pech, Daniel ^a,b   Sures, Bernd ^c   Purucker, S Thomas ^d   Poulin, Robert ^e  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOACCUMULATION; EFFECT SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; POLLUTANT; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; PARASITES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72249113465     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.11.001     Document Type: Review

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