Migration as an escape from parasitism in New Zealand galaxiid fishes

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 955-963

  Poulin, Robert ^a   Closs, Gerard P ^a   Lill, Adrian W T ^a   Hicks, Andy S ^a   Herrmann, Kristin K ^b   Kelly, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Environment Canterbury   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Malformations; Metacercariae; Parasite induced mortality; Pelagic larvae; Trematodes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; FISH; HABITAT TYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; JUVENILE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITISM;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FISH DISEASE; LARVA; NEW ZEALAND; OSMERIFORMES; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FISH DISEASES; LARVA; NEW ZEALAND; OSMERIFORMES; SEASONS; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; GALAXIAS; GALAXIIDAE; PISCES; TREMATODA;

EID: 84864248325     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2251-x     Document Type: Article

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