Parasitic infection of the hyperiid amphipod Themisto libellula in the Canadian Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean), with a description of Ganymedes themistos sp. n. (Apicomplexa, Eugregarinorida)

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1339-1350

  Prokopowicz, Anna J ^a   Rueckert, Sonja ^b   Leander, Brian S ^b   Michaud, Josée ^a   Fortier, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA phylogeny; Feeding; Ganymedes themistos sp. n.; Gregarine parasites; Morphology; Parasite impacts; Sexual maturation; Survival; Themisto libellula

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; CILIATE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE INFESTATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEXUAL MATURITY; SURVIVAL;

AMUNDSEN GULF; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; MACKENZIE SHELF;

AMPHIPODA; APICOMPLEXA; CILIOPHORA; HYPERIIDAE; THEMISTO LIBELLULA;

EID: 84755161032     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0821-0     Document Type: Article

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