Differential infection of exotic and native freshwater amphipods by a parasitic water mold in the St. Lawrence River

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 769-779

  Kestrup, Åsa M ^a   Thomas, Sara H ^b   van Rensburg, Karla ^b   Ricciardi, Anthony ^a   Duffy, Meghan A ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic resistance; Crustacean hosts; Leptolegnia; Parasite spillback; Parasite spillover; Saprolegnia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LABORATORY METHOD; NATIVE SPECIES; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PROTIST;

SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; ECHINOGAMMARUS ISCHNUS; GAMMARIDEA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FASCIATUS; LEPTOLEGNIA; OOMYCETES; SAPROLEGNIA; SAPROLEGNIACEAE;

EID: 79751532617     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9867-8     Document Type: Article

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