Effects of the parasitic nematode Echinomermella matsi on growth and survival of its host, the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 139-147

  Stien, Audun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MODEL; MORTALITY; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIZE; SURVIVAL; WILD RELATIVE;

ECHINODERM; GROWTH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

ECHINOIDEA; ECHINOMERMELLA MATSI; NEMATODA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 0033383786     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-77-1-139     Document Type: Article

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