Population dynamics of Antarctophthirus microchir (Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae) in pups fromSouth American sea lion, Otaria flavescens, in Northern Patagonia

• Main Authors: F. J. Aznar, M. S. Leonardi, B. Berón Vera, D. G. Vales, S. Ameghino, J. A. Raga, E. A. Crespo
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Key words; Anoplura; Echinophthiriidae; life cycle; trade-off; South American sea lion; Argentina; Austral; Patagonia; The Louse; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.468.16; http://phthiraptera.info/Publications/47451.pdf

We analysed population dynamics of the louse Antarctophthirus microchir in pups of the South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens, at the Punta León rookery (Argentina) over a period of 2 years. A total of 136 pups were aged and marked at the beginning of the lactation period ashore, then sampled f...