Effect of host age, sex and life stage on the prevalence and abundance of sucking lice on Weddell seal in the Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
• Main Authors: Soto, Florencia Anabella, Negrete, Javier, Klaich, Matias Javier, Leonardi, María Soledad
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
• Subjects: ANTARCTOPHTHIRUS CARLINII; INFESTATION PARAMETERS; GLM; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Patagonia; San Juan; Argentino; Weddell; Argentina; Seymour; Seymour Island; Marambio; Danco; Danco Coast; Antarc*; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino; Leptonychotes wedelli; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/204866

Through evolutionary time, seal lice have developed morphological, behavioral, and ecological adaptations to cope with the amphibious lifestyle of their hosts in a co-evolutionary process. Consequently, the dynamics of lice populations are determined by seals behavior. We aim to study the effects of...