Parasite-induced changes in the diet of a freshwater amphipod: Field and laboratory evidence

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 537-546

  Medoc V ^a,c   Piscart, C ^b   Maazouzi, C ^b   Simon, L ^b   Beisel, J N ^a  

^a Nancy University   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Gammarus roeseli; manipulative parasite; neutral lipid contents; Polymorphus minutus; stable isotopes; trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LIPID; NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FIELD WORK; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GAMMARUS ROESELI; ISOPODA; NONHUMAN; POLYMORPHUS MINUTUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LIPIDS;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; AVES; GAMMARUS ROESELI; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; POLYMORPHUS MINUTUS;

EID: 79957464124     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182010001617     Document Type: Article

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