Tapeworm discovery in elasmobranch fishes: quantifying patterns and identifying their correlates

About this item

Title

Tapeworm discovery in elasmobranch fishes: quantifying patterns and identifying their correlates

Content partner

University of Otago

Collection

Otago University Research Archive

Description

Most parasites from known host species are yet to be discovered and described, let alone those from host species not yet known to science. Here, we use tapeworms of elasmobranchs to identify factors influencing their discovery and explaining the time lag between the descriptions of elasmobranch hosts and their respective tapeworm parasites. The dataset included 918 tapeworm species from 290 elasmobranch species. Data were analysed using linear mixed-effects models. Our findings indicated that...

Read more

Format

Research paper

Research format

Scholarly text / Journal article

Thesis level

Article

Date created

2020-01-01

Creator

Randhawa, Haseeb S. / Poulin, Robert

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/22293

Related subjects

Fisheries / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Limnology / Marine & Freshwater Biology / Oceanography / Physical Sciences / Science & Technology

What is the copyright status of this item?

All Rights Reserved

This item is all rights reserved, which means you'll have to get permission from University of Otago before using it.

What can I do with this item?

You must always check with University of Otago to confirm the specific terms of use, but this is our understanding:

Non-infringing use

NZ Copyright law does not prevent every use of a copyright work. You should consider what you can and cannot do with a copyright work.

No sharing

You may not copy and/or share this item with others without further permission. This includes posting it on your blog, using it in a presentation, or any other public use.

No modifying

You are not allowed to adapt or remix this item into any other works.

No commercial use

You may not use this item commercially.