Reduced survivorship of Himasthla (Trematoda, Digenea)-infected cockles (Cerastoderma edule) exposed to oxygen depletion

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 325-331

  Wegeberg, Anne Margrethe ^a   Jensen, K Thomas ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cerastoderma edule; Digenetic trematode; Oxygen deficiency; Survival

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PARASITOSIS; SURVIVAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MOLLUSC; OXYGEN; PARASITE INFESTATION; SURVIVORSHIP;

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; DIGENEA; HIMASTHLA; HIMASTHLA ELONGATA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0033406805     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(99)00035-0     Document Type: Article

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