Osmoregulatory disturbances induced by the parasitic barnacle Loxothylacus texanus (Rhizocephala) in the crab Callinectes rathbunae (Portunidae)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 278, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-140

  Alvarez, Fernando ^a   Alcaraz, Guillermina ^a   Robles, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Callinectes rathbunae; Hemolymph osmolality; Loxothylacustexanus; Osmoregulation; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DISTURBANCE; OSMOREGULATION; PARASITISM; SALINITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARNACLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; HEMOLYMPH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PARASITISM; SALINITY;

CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES RATHBUNAE; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LOXOTHYLACUS; LOXOTHYLACUS TEXANUS; PORTUNIDAE; RHIZOCEPHALA; THORACICA;

EID: 0037202012     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00330-1     Document Type: Article

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