Comparing the richness of metazoan ectoparasite communities of marine fishes: controlling for host phylogeny

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Summary

Overall, whereas both water temperature and host size affect the number of parasite individuals that can be harboured by a fish, only temperature appears important as a determinant of ectoparasite community richness.

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Published
1997-04-01
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Keywords

Biology, Species richness, Ecology, Abundance (ecology), Parasite hosting

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