Endohelminths from the Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea from the Texas Gulf Coast

Norman O. Dronen; Hsuan-Wien Chen

doi:10.1654/1525-2647(2002)069[0096:EFTLBH]2.0.CO;2

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Norman O. Dronen,^1,2 Hsuan-Wien Chen¹

¹Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, 2258 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843–2258, U.S.A.
²Corresponding author ( ). n-dronen@tamu.edu

Abstract

Fourteen species of endohelminths, including 1 acanthocephalan, 3 cestodes, 1 nematode, and 9 trematodes, were collected from 13 little blue herons Egretta caerulea from the area of Galveston, Texas, U.S.A. A mean of 4.3 (3–6) species of endohelminths per host was found. Five species (3 cestodes and 2 trematodes) represent new host records. Comparison of results from this study with a similar survey by Sepúlveda et al. (1996) from Florida, U.S.A., suggests some hypotheses concerning possible roles of composition and complexity of trophic structures of these 2 regions in establishment of their respective endohelminth communities in little blue herons.

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Norman O. Dronen and Hsuan-Wien Chen "Endohelminths from the Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea from the Texas Gulf Coast," Comparative Parasitology 69(1), 96-99, (1 January 2002). https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647(2002)069[0096:EFTLBH]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 January 2002

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acanthocephalans

cestodes

Egretta caerulea

endohelminth communities

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nematodes

Texas

trematodes

trophic structure

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