Productivity and fishing pressure drive variability in fish parasite assemblages of the Line Islands, equatorial Pacific

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1383-1398

  Wood, Chelsea L ^a,b,h   Baum, Julia K ^c   Reddy, Sheila M W ^d   Trebilco, Rowan ^e   Sandin, Stuart A ^f   Zgliczynski, Brian J ^f   Briggs, Amy A ^g   Micheli, Fiorenza ^a   Carr, M H ⁱ  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a concentration; Directly transmitted parasites; Fishing pressure; Host specificity; Human disturbance; Line Islands archipelago; Marine parasites; Primary productivity; Trophically transmitted parasites; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FISH; ISLAND; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PARASITE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIALIST; TROPHIC LEVEL;

LINE ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

ANTHOZOA; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; PISCES;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FISH DISEASE; FISHERY; HELMINTH; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISH DISEASES; FISHERIES; FISHES; HELMINTHS; ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL;

EID: 85047696979     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-2154.1     Document Type: Article

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