Pattern of emergence and the effects of temperature and light on the emergence and survival of heterophyid cercariae (Centrocestus formosanus and Haplorchis pumilio)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 347-350

  Lo, C T ^a   Lee, K M ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; SNAIL; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HETEROPHYIDAE; LIGHT; SNAILS; TEMPERATURE;

CENTROCESTUS FORMOSANUS; GASTROPODA; HAPLORCHIS PUMILIO; HETEROPHYIDAE; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0029885756     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284178     Document Type: Article

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