| spatial attachment-site preferences of macroectoparasites on atlantic sturgeons acipenser oxyrinchus in minas basin, bay of fundy, canada. | abstract although parasite habitat preference is well studied, it is rarely rigorously evaluated statistically because of many zero intensities. attachment-site preference and intensities of 2 macroectoparasite species ( caligus elongatus and calliobdella vivida ) of atlantic sturgeon, acipenser oxyrinchus mitchill, in minas basin, bay of fundy, canada, were characterized with the use of zero-inflated negative binomial statistical models that included a fork-length offset to control for body siz ... | 2010 | 21506763 |