Experimental transmission of the nematode Echinomermella matsi to the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis in the laboratory

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 658-660

  Stien, A ^a,b   Halvorsen, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEA URCHIN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LARVA; MALE; MERMITHOIDEA; SEA URCHINS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; ECHINOMERMELLA; ECHINOMERMELLA MATSI; NEMATODA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 0031844757     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284750     Document Type: Article

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