Vulnerability and diet breadth predict larval and adult parasite diversity in fish of the Bothnian Bay

Oecologia

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 253-262

  Locke, Sean A ^a,c   Marcogliese, David J ^a   Tellervo Valtonen, E ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food webs; Helminths; Predator prey; Species richness; Trophic transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CORRELATION; FOOD WEB; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BOTHNIAN BAY; FINLAND; GULF OF BOTHNIA;

AVES; VERMES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAY; BIODIVERSITY; DIET; FINLAND; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; HELMINTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BAYS; BIODIVERSITY; DIET; FINLAND; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HELMINTHS; LARVA; PARASITES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84891902976     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2757-x     Document Type: Article

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