The effect of the acanthocephalan parasite Pomphorhynchus laevis on the lipid and glycogen content of its intermediate host Gammarus pulex

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 346-351

  Plaistow, Stewart J ^a   Troussard, Jean Phillipe ^a   Cézilly, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Acanthocephalan parasite; Gammarus pulex; Glycogen; Host manipulation; Lipid; Pomphorhynchus laevis; Sex

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LIPID; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GAMMARUS; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN; HELMINTHIASIS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS PULEX; POMPHORHYNCHUS LAEVIS; PULEX;

EID: 0035072136     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(01)00115-1     Document Type: Article

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