Communities of gastrointestinal helminths of fish in historically connected habitats: habitat fragmentation effect in a carnivorous catfish <it>Pelteobagrus fulvidraco </it>from seven lakes in flood plain of the Yangtze River, China
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Habitat fragmentation may result in the reduction of diversity of parasite communities by affecting population size and dispersal pattern of species. In the flood plain of the Yangtze River in China, many lakes, which were once conne...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-04-01
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| Series: | Parasites & Vectors |
| Online Access: | http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/2/1/22 |