The rise and fall of an epizootic of the diphyllobothriidean cestode Schistocephalus pungitii infecting the ninespine stickleback

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Heins, David C ^a   Ecke, Johanna K ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FISH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; CESTODE; CESTODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; CESTODIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS; SCHISTOCEPHALUS PUNGITII; SCHISTOCEPHALUS PUNGITII INFECTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALASKA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMICS; FISH DISEASES; LAKES; PREVALENCE; SMEGMAMORPHA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CESTODA; PUNGITIUS; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS; SCHISTOCEPHALUS; SCHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS;

EID: 84857818224     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2868.1     Document Type: Article

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