Trematode communities in snails can indicate impact and recovery from hurricanes in a tropical coastal lagoon

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 13-14, 2011, Pages 1403-1408

  Aguirre Macedo, María Leopoldina ^a,b   Vidal Martínez, Victor M ^a,b   Lafferty, Kevin D ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Celest n; Cerithidea pliculosa; Community recovery; Hurricane; Impact assessment; Mexico; Snail population; Trematode infection

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HURRICANE; PARASITE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SNAIL; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOLONIZATION; EUHAPLORCHIS CALIFORNIENSIS; FISH; FOOD WEB; HURRICANE; INDICATOR ORGANISM; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LAGOON; MESOSTEPHANUS APPENDICULATOIDES; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; RENICOLA; SEASHORE; SNAIL; TREMATODE; TREMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; TROPICS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CYCLONIC STORMS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; MEXICO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SNAILS; TREMATODA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

AVES; CERITHIDEA PLICULOSA; EUHAPLORCHIS CALIFORNIENSIS; GASTROPODA; HETEROPHYIDAE; MESOSTEPHANUS APPENDICULATOIDES; PISCES; RENICOLA; TREMATODA;

EID: 82355175103     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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