Influence of trematode parasitism on the growth of a bivalve host in the field

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 599-602

  Taskinen, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bivalvia; Bucephalidae; Gigantism; Host growth; Mollusca; Rhipidocoty le; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLAM; GIGANTISM; GROWTH REGULATION; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITOSIS; TREMATODE;

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

EID: 0032053532     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)84371-8     Document Type: Article

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