Population dynamics of and larval trematode interactions with Lymnaea tomentosa and the potential for biological control of schistosome dermatitis in Bremner Bay, Lake Wanaka, New Zealand

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 319-324

  Davis, N E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DERMATITIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LARVA; LIFESPAN; LYMNAEA; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAIL; TREMATODE;

AVES; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA TOMENTOSA; SCHISTOSOMA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0032443256     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00016679     Document Type: Article

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