Cercarial production of the trematode Rhipidocotyle fennica in clams kept in the field

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 345-349

  Taskinen, Jouni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERCARIA; CLAM; LARVAL PRODUCTION; PARASITE LARVA;

ARTICLE; CERCARIA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION RATE; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; RHIPIDOCOTYLE FENNICA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREMATODE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; FRESH WATER; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TREMATODA;

ANIMALIA; ANODONTA; ANODONTA PISCINALIS; BIVALVIA; BUCEPHALIDAE; CAMPANULA; MOLLUSCA; RHIPIDOCOTYLE; RHIPIDOCOTYLE CAMPANULA; RHIPIDOCOTYLE FENNICA; TREMATODA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 0031978786     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284493     Document Type: Article

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