Vertebrate diets derived from trophically transmitted fish parasites in the Bothnian Bay

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-152

  Valtonen, E T ^a   Marcogliese, David J ^b   Julkunen, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Helminths; Trophic interactions; Trophic transmission

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; DIET; FLATWORM; FOOD WEB; PARASITE; PISCIVORE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEA;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PARASITES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BOTHNIAN BAY; GULF OF BOTHNIA;

PISCES; VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77949752886     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1451-5     Document Type: Article

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