Parasitism and invasive species: Effects of digenetic trematodes on mussels

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 169, Issue , 1998, Pages 149-163

  Calvo Ugarteburu, G ^a   McQuaid, C D ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adductor muscle strength; Condition; Ecological fitness; Filtration; Growth; Indigenous; Invasive; Mussels; Reproduction; Respiration; Trematodes; Water loss Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOLLUSC; PARASITE INFESTATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; BUCEPHALIDAE; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PERNA PERNA; PHOCIDAE; PROCTOECES; TREMATODA;

EID: 0032490841     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps169149     Document Type: Article

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