Seasonal dynamics in an intertidal mudflat: the case of a complex trematode life cycle

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 455, Issue , 2012, Pages 79-93

  Studer, A ^a   Poulin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Host parasite interactions; Maritrema novaezealandensis; Paracalliope novizealandiae; Parasite transmission; Seasonality; Temperature; Zeacumantus subcarinatus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MUDFLAT; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEASONALITY; SNAIL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; OTAGO HARBOR; SOUTH ISLAND;

AGARICUS BISPORUS; AMPHIPODA; AVES; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; MARITREMA NOVAEZEALANDENSIS; PARACALLIOPE NOVIZEALANDIAE; TREMATODA; ZEACUMANTUS SUBCARINATUS;

EID: 84861884836     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09761     Document Type: Article

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