Parasite body volume and infracommunity patterns in the southern pomfret Brama australis (Pisces: Bramidae)

dc.creator	GEORGE-NASCIMENTO,MARIO
dc.creator	GARCÍAS,FÉLIX
dc.creator	MUÑOZ,GABRIELA
dc.date	2002-12-01
dc.date.accessioned	2020-02-17T15:29:07Z
dc.date.available	2020-02-17T15:29:07Z
dc.identifier	https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2002000400016
dc.identifier.uri	https://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/128332
dc.description	The patterns of infracommunity descriptors (diversity, dominance, abundance) are compared when calculated with the number and body volume of the parasites in a sample of 26 southern pomfrets Brama australis collected in the area off Talcahuano, Chile. No numerical infracommunity descriptor was correlated with its corresponding volumetric descriptor. This single result casts doubts about the general validity of the infracommunity patterns described in the literature so far, because they are almost exclusively based on the number of parasite individuals per individual host, restricting communication with ecologists that use density or other measures of ecological abundance
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dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Sociedad de Biología de Chile
dc.relation	10.4067/S0716-078X2002000400016
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source	Revista chilena de historia natural v.75 n.4 2002
dc.subject	parasite body volume
dc.subject	infracommunity patterns
dc.subject	host body size
dc.title	Parasite body volume and infracommunity patterns in the southern pomfret Brama australis (Pisces: Bramidae)