Ecology of helminth parasitism in Puffinus gravis (Procellariiformes) on the breeding grounds at Gough Island

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Hoberg, Eric P., Ryan, Peter G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1989
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Austral; Gough; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z89-030; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z89-030

Great shearwaters, Puffinus gravis, on the breeding grounds at Gough Island in the central South Atlantic were hosts for seven species of gastrointestinal helminths (range, two to five species per host; abundance = 114–4016 parasites per host). Cestodes, including Tetrabothrius laccocephalus, Tetrab...