Increased parasite abundance associated with reproductive maturity of the clam Anodonta piscinalis

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 588-591

  Taskinen, J ^a,b   Saarinen, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MATURATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; CLAM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; REPRODUCTION; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; FEMALE; GILLS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ANODONTA; ANODONTA PISCINALIS; BIVALVIA; COPEPODA; ERGASILIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PARAERGASILUS; PARAERGASILUS RYLOVI; TREMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033038136     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285806     Document Type: Article

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