title: Intertidal snail-trematode communities on the southern Thailand before and after the South Asia tsunami.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of International Medical Zoology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan. mharada@kms.ac.jp
authors: Masakazu
authors: M
authors: Harada
authors: Pusadee
authors: P
authors: Sri-aroon
authors: Chantima
authors: C
authors: Lohachit
authors: Chigusa
authors: C
authors: Fujimoto
authors: Arif-Ul- Hasan
authors: Rodney
authors: R
authors: Itaki
authors: Setsuo
authors: S
authors: Suguri
authors: Yupa
authors: Y
authors: Chusongsang
authors: Phiraphol
authors: P
authors: Chusongsang
mesh_terms: 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