Large scale patterns of trematode parasitism in a bivalve host: No evidence for a latitudinal gradient in infection levels

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 491, Issue , 2013, Pages 125-135

  Studer, A ^a   Widmann, M ^a   Poulin, R ^a   Krkosek M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Climate change; Cockles; Host parasite interaction; Intertidal; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLATWORM; GLOBAL WARMING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MUDFLAT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITISM; PARASITOLOGY; SNAIL; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84885078210     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10483     Document Type: Article

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