Structure of Leptorhynchoides thecatus and Pomphorhynchus bulbocolli (Acanthocephala) eggs in habitat partitioning and transmission

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 534-537

  Barger, Michael A ^a,b   Nickol, Brent B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG DEVELOPMENT; NICHE PARTITIONING; PARASITE TRANSMISSION;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG LAYING; FERTILIZATION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; ALGAE; ANIMALS; CARPS; CRUSTACEA; CYPRINIFORMES; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OVUM; PERCIFORMES;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; AZTECA; HYALELLA AZTECA; LEPTORHYNCHOIDES THECATUS; POMPHORHYNCHUS BULBOCOLLI;

EID: 0031814762     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284718     Document Type: Article

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