Infestation intensity and prevalence of an ectosymbiotic midge under variable environmental and host conditions

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2061-2071

  Pennuto, C M ^a   Wooster Brown, C L ^a,b   Belisle, C A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ECTOSYMBIOTIC MIDGE; INFESTATION INTENSITY;

BIOLOGY;

HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SYMBIONT;

UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI;

EID: 0036966143     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-196     Document Type: Article

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