Trematode infection causes malformations and population effects in a declining New Zealand fish

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 445-452

  Kelly, David W ^a,b   Thomas, Harriet ^b   Thieltges, David W ^b   Poulin, Robert ^b   Tompkins, Daniel M ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disease; Fish; Infection; Malformation; Mortality; Population; Trematode

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; AMPHIBIAN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISHING MORTALITY; FLATWORM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIMB; PARASITIC DISEASE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY; TELEOST;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FISH DISEASE; LARVA; NEW ZEALAND; OSMERIFORMES; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPINE; TIME; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; LARVA; NEW ZEALAND; OSMERIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; SPINE; TIME FACTORS; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; GALAXIAS ANOMALUS; OPISTHORCHIS; TELOGASTER OPISTHORCHIS; TREMATODA;

EID: 77951175355     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01636.x     Document Type: Article

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