Carbohydrate titres in the haemolymph and midgut glands of Gammarus pulex infected with the acanthocephalan Pomphorhynchus laevis

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-107

  Bentley, C R ^a   Hurd, H ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; TREHALOSE;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CRUSTACEA; HEMOLYMPH; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS PULEX; POMPHORHYNCHUS LAEVIS; PULEX;

EID: 0029887240     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00015236     Document Type: Article

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