The effect of digenean (Platyhelminthes) infections on heavy metal concentrations in Littorina littorea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 349-350

  Evans, D W ^a   Irwin, S W B ^b   Fitzpatrick, S ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; LAGOON; PARASITISM;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; DIGENEA; GASTROPODA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; MOLLUSCA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TREMATODA;

EID: 0034920721     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315401003873     Document Type: Article

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