The parasitic rhizocephalan barnacle Sacculina carcini in crabs of the Forth Estuary, Scotland

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 665-667

  Mathieson, S ^a   Berry, A J ^b   Kennedy, S ^b  

^a SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARNACLE; CRAB; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARASITISM;

FORTH ESTUARY; SCOTLAND; UK;

ANIMALIA; CARCINUS MAENAS; CIRRIPEDIA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; SACCULINA CARCINI; THORACICA;

EID: 0031804494     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400041710     Document Type: Article

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