Factors influencing populations of the ectosymbiont Diceratocephala boschmai (platyhelminthes; temnocephalida), on the redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus maintained under laboratory conditions

Aquaculture

Volumn 143, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 233-243

  Jones, Timothy C ^a,b   Lester, Robert J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Aquatic Diagn Serv Intl Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cherax; Crayfish; Ec tosymbiont; Ecology; Grooming; Population; Temnocephalidae

Indexed keywords

DICERATOCEPHALA BOSCHMAI; CHERAX QUADRICARINATUS; DECADIDYMIS GULOSUS; DECAPODA;

COMMENSALISM; ECTOSYMBIONT; FLATWORM; GROOMING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REDCLAW CRAYFISH;

EID: 0030594833     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0044-8486(96)01283-5     Document Type: Article

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