Experimental investigation of physiological factors that may influence microhabitat specificity exhibited by Leptorhynchoides thecatus (Acanthocephala) in green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 685-690

  Richardson, D J ^a   Nickol, B B ^a  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROHABITAT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HELMINTHIASIS; INTESTINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; LEPOMIS CYANELLUS; LEPTORHYNCHOIDES THECATUS; VERMES;

EID: 0033845896     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0685:eiopft]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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