Endohelminths from the little blue heron Egretta caerulea from the Texas Gulf coast Academic Article

abstract

• Fourteen species of endohelminths, including 1 acanthocephalan, 3 cestodes, 1 nematode, and 9 trematodes, were collected from 13 little blue herons Egretta caerulea from the area of Galveston, Texas, U.S.A. A mean of 4.3 (3-6) species of endohelminths per host was found. Five species (3 cestodes and 2 trematodes) represent new host records. Comparison of results from this study with a similar survey by Seplveda et al. (1996) from Florida, U.S.A., suggests some hypotheses concerning possible roles of composition and complexity of trophic structures of these 2 regions in establishment of their respective endohelminth communities in little blue herons.

authors

• Dronen, Norman

published proceedings

• COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

• Dronen, N. O., & Chen, H. W.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• Dronen, NO||Chen, HW

publication date

• January 2002

publisher

• Helminthological Society  Publisher

published in

• COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY  Journal

keywords

• 31 Biological Sciences
• 3103 Ecology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1654/1525-2647(2002)069[0096:EFTLBH]2.0.CO;2

start page

• 96

end page

• 99

volume

• 69

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1654%2F1525-2647%282002%29069%5B0096%3Aeftlbh%5D2.0.co%3B2