Intertidal snail-trematode communities on the southern Thailand before and after the South Asia tsunami.
Intertidal snail-trematode communities in southern Thailand were examined before and after the South Asia tsunami. Infection rates and species diversity of cercaria in the host snail Cerithidea in tidal zones did not change significantly from one year before to one month after the tsunami. However, the host snails C. quadrata, C. alata and C. obtusa disappeared from greatly damaged sites. It is important to follow up on the intertidal snail-trematode community recovery process after destruction of the intertidal ecosystem.
Harada
Masakazu
M
Department of International Medical Zoology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan. mharada@kms.ac.jp
Sri-aroon
Pusadee
P
Lohachit
Chantima
C
Fujimoto
Chigusa
C
Arif-Ul- Hasan
Itaki
Rodney
R
Suguri
Setsuo
S
Chusongsang
Yupa
Y
Chusongsang
Phiraphol
P
D000818:Animals; D004190:Disasters; D017753:Ecosystem; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology*; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014200:Trematoda / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000469:parasitology; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D053833:Wetlands