Notocotylus chionis (Trematoda: Notocotylidae) and Notocotylus sp. from shorebirds in southern Patagonian wetlands of Argentina: morphological and molecular studies

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Capasso, Sofía Carolina, Servian, Andrea, Tkach, Vasyl V., Diaz, Julia Inés
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Verlag Berlín
• Subjects: 28S RDNA; NOTOCOTYLIDAE; PATAGONIA; PHYLOGENY; SHOREBIRDS; SYSTEMATICS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Arctic; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Patagonia; Argentina; Chionis; Antarc*; Polar Biology; Snowy Sheathbill; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/143546

Southernmost South America provides significant wintering habitats for migrant shorebirds, most of which breed in the High Arctic tundra. Helminth species parasitizing these migratory birds have been well studied in North America; however, in South America they are poorly known. As part of an ongoin...