The effect of diet and reproductive maturity on the growth and reproduction of Helisoma anceps (Pulmonata) infected by Halipegus occidualis (Trematoda)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 96-104

  Keas, Brian E ^a,b   Esch, Gerald W ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CERCARIA; DIET; EGG LAYING; FOOD QUALITY; GIGANTISM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITISM; REPRODUCTION; SNAIL; SURVIVAL; TREMATODE;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; FERTILITY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SNAILS; TREMATODA;

GIGANTISM; GROWTH RATE; PARASITE INFECTION; REPRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY; SNAIL;

GASTROPODA; HALIPEGUS OCCIDUALIS; HELISOMA ANCEPS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0030616975     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284323     Document Type: Article

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