Measurement of metallic ions in Biomphalaria glabrata (Gastropoda) infected with Echinostoma caproni (Trematoda) and in uninfected snails

Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 256-258

  Layman, Lawrence R ^a   Dory, Andrea C ^a   Koehnlein, Kenneth M ^a   Fried, Bernard ^a   Sherma, Joseph ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomphalaria glabrata; Echinostoma caproni; Gastropoda; Metallic ions; spectrometry; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

BORON; CALCIUM; COPPER; ION; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METAL; METAL ION; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; ZINC;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; ECHINOSTOMA; EXOCRINE GLAND; GONAD; REDIA; SNAIL; SPECTROMETRY; STUDENT; TREMATODE;

BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMA CAPRONI; GASTROPODA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0029783659     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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