Meso- and bathy-pelagic fish parasites at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR): Low host specificity and restricted parasite diversity

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 596-603

  Klimpel, Sven ^a,b   Busch, Markus Wilhelm ^a   Sutton, Tracey ^c   Palm, Harry Wilhelm ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food composition; Meso and bathy pelagic fish; Mid Atlantic Ridge (MAR); Molecular parasite identification; Parasite diversity; Parasite fauna; Sibling species

Indexed keywords

BODY CAVITY; CO-EVOLUTION; COPEPOD SPECIES; DEEP-SEA FISH; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FEEDING HABITS; HOST-SPECIFICITY; INFECTION RATES; MEAN INTENSITY; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; MYCTOPHIDAE; NORTH ATLANTIC; PARASITE-; PELAGIC FISH; SIBLING SPECIES; STOMIIDAE;

FEEDING; FISH; PATIENT MONITORING;

MEATS;

COEVOLUTION; CRUSTACEAN; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; NEMATODE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STOMACH CONTENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

AMPHIPODA; ANISAKIS; ANISAKIS PEGREFFII; ANISAKIS SIMPLEX; ANISAKIS SP.; BENTHOSEMA GLACIALE; CESTODA; CHAULIODUS SLOANI; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; LAMPANYCTUS MACDONALDI; LETHADENA; MELAMPHAIDAE; MYCTOPHIDAE; MYCTOPHUM PUNCTATUM; NEMATODA; POROMITRA CRASSICEPS; SARCOTRETES SCOPELI; SCOPELOGADUS BEANII; SCOPELOGADUS MIZOLEPIS MIZOLEPIS; STOMIIDAE; TETRAPHYLLIDEA;

EID: 77949567835     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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