Diversity of metazoan parasites of the introduced oyster species Crassostrea gigas in the Exe Estuary

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-63

  Aguirre Macedo, M L ^a,b   Kennedy, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARY; PARASITE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; LAMELLIBRANCHIA; MYTILICOLA INTESTINALIS; OSTREIDAE; PARAVORTEX; RENICOLA ROSCOVITA;

EID: 0032963589     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531549800006X     Document Type: Article

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