Population dynamics and ecoparasitological surveys of Corophium volutator in coastal waters in the Bay of Mecklenburg (southern Baltic Sea)

Disease of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-179

  Meißner, Karin ^a   Bick, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Corophium volutator; Digenetic trematodes; Parasites; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; GASTROPODA; HYDROBIA; TREMATODA; AMPHIPODA;

ABUNDANCE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

GERMANY, MECKLENBURG BAY;

EID: 0030618580     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao029169     Document Type: Article

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