The probability of a marine gastropod being infected by a trematode

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 830-833

  Curtis, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; GASTROPOD; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; SNAIL; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; PROBABILITY; SNAILS; TREMATODA;

GASTROPODA; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA; MOLLUSCA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0029823143     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3283899     Document Type: Article

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