Incidence, occurrence and distribution of the nematode Echinomermella matsi in its echinoid host, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, in northern Norway

Marine Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 703-714

  Sivertsen, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINOMERMELLA MATSI; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS; ECHINOIDEA; NEMATODA;

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HOSTS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITES; POPULATION BIOLOGY; SEA URCHIN;

NORWAY;

EID: 0030301312     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00351337     Document Type: Article

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