Ecology of larval trematodes in three marine gastropods

Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Curtis, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerithidea californica; Gastropod; Ilyanassa obsoleta; Littorina littorea; Trematode

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; GASTROPOD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TREMATODE;

CERITHIDEA; CERITHIDEA CALIFORNICA; GASTROPODA; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA; INVERTEBRATA; LITTORINA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0036387404     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182002001452     Document Type: Article

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