Canadian freshwater fish and their metazoan parasites (multiple sources)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: parasites; nematodes; acanthocephalans; cestodes; trematodes; monogeneans; leeches; copepods; branchiurans; fish; lakes; rivers; host; species interactions; host-parasite webs; British Columbia; Canada; Yukon; Copepods
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.29129; http://metacat.lternet.edu/knb/metacat/bowdish.109.18/xml

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...