Ilyanassa obsoleta (Gastropoda) as a host for trematodes in Delaware estuaries

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 793-803

  Curtis, Lawrence A ^a,b  

^a Department of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIP; PARASITISM; SNAIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FEMALE; GASTROPOD; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; DELAWARE; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOLLUSCA; SEX FACTORS; TREMATODA;

USA, DELAWARE;

EID: 0030729172     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284270     Document Type: Article

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