Biomass and productivity of trematode parasites in pond ecosystems

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 509-517

  Preston, Daniel L ^a   Orlofske, Sarah A ^a   Lambden, Jason P ^a   Johnson, Pieter T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex life cycle; Disease ecology; Ecosystem energetics; Ecosystem process; Freshwater food web; Macroparasite; Pathogen; Secondary production; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY FLOW; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; POND; PRODUCTIVITY; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SNAIL; SUBSTRATE; WETLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CERCARIA; COMPLEX LIFE CYCLE; DISEASE ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM ENERGETICS; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; FRESHWATER FOOD WEB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MACROPARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POND; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SNAIL; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

COMPLEX LIFE CYCLE; DISEASE ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM ENERGETICS; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; FRESHWATER FOOD WEB; MACROPARASITE; PATHOGEN; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; WETLAND;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CALIFORNIA; CERCARIA; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; PONDS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SNAILS; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; CERCARIA (TREMATODE GENUS); COLEOPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ODONATA; TREMATODA;

EID: 84876305468     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12030     Document Type: Article

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