The relative importance of bladder versus neotenic stages of Polystoma marmorati and P. umthakathi in natural frog populations in South Africa

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-121

  Du Preez, L H ^a   Kok, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLADDER; FROG; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITEMIA; SOUTH AFRICA; TADPOLE;

ANURA; HYPEROLIUS; MONOGENEA; NATALOBATRACHUS BONEBERGI; PHRAGMITES; POLYSTOMA MARMORATI; POLYSTOMA UMTHAKATHI; POLYSTOMATIDAE;

EID: 0031847348     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x0001628x     Document Type: Article

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