Physiological attributes of the pyloric caeca and anterior intestine of green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) potentially influencing microhabitat specificity of Leptorhynchoides thecatus (Acanthocephala)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 375-384

  Richardson, Dennis J ^a,b   Nickol, Brent B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Green sunfish; Intestinal physiology; Lepomis cyanellus; Leptorhynchoides thecatus; Microhabitat specificity; Pyloric caeca

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; BILE SALT; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN; WATER;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PH; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PYLORUS; STOMACH PH; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

LEPOMIS CYANELLUS; LEPTORHYNCHOIDES THECATUS;

EID: 0033002376     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00012-4     Document Type: Article

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