Environmental Stress and Colonization Time as Predictors of the Susceptibility of Fish Communities to Introduced Parasites

PETER B. MCINTYRE is a junior biology concentrator at Harvard College. He wrote this article for Microbiology of Soil and Water, taught by Professor Ralph Mitchell. Mr. McIntyre currently studies social behavior related to air breathing in South American catfish in the laboratory of Professor Karel Liem. He plans to pursue a career in ecological research, focusing on aquatic ecosystem dynamics. He gratefully acknowledges the guidance and constructive criticism provided by Prof. Mitchell, Jonathan Sorci, Professor William Bossert, and particularly Ellis McKenzie. PETER B. MCINTYRE