Canadian freshwater fish and their metazoan parasites (multiple sources)

• Main Authors: NCEAS 5600: Vazquez: Null models for specialization and asymmetry in plant-pollinator systems, H. P. Arai, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, V. C. Chinniah, J. R. Arthur, A. O. Dechtiar, J. C. Holmes, R. V. Bangham, L. Margolis, D. R. Mudry, T. S. Leong
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity
• Subjects: parasites; nematodes; acanthocephalans; cestodes; trematodes; monogeneans; leeches; copepods; branchiurans; fish; lakes; rivers; host; species interactions; host-parasite webs; Yukon; Canada; British Columbia; Copepods
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5063/AA/bowdish.109.17

Data on host use by parasites were obtained from 7 Canadian freshwater systems, either large lakes or rivers, in which most fish species have been surveyed for parasites. Only fish species for which at least 5 individuals have been examined per locality are included, because estimates of parasite in...