Spatial and temporal variation of trematode infection in coexisting populations of intertidal gastropods Littorina saxatilis and L. obtusata in the White Sea

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-64

  Granovitch, A I ^a   Sergievsky, S O ^b   Sokolova, I M ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Zoological Institute   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Littorina spp.; Long term dynamics; Spatial distribution; Trematode infection; White Sea

Indexed keywords

HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARASITIC INFECTION;

FLATWORM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

WHITE SEA;

GASTROPODA; LITTORINA OBTUSATA; LITTORINA SAXATILIS; MICROPHALLIDAE; MICROPHALLUS; MICROPHALLUS PIRIFORMES; MICROPHALLUS PSEUDOPYGMAEUS; MICROPHALLUS PYGMAEUS; PLATYHELMINTHES; TREMATODA;

EID: 0034713387     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao041053     Document Type: Article

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