Effect of cystacanth body size on adult success

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 251-254

  Steinauer, Michelle L ^a   Nickol, Brent B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; PARASITE INTENSITY;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CYSTACANTH; FISH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST SELECTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LEPTORHYNCHOIDES THECATUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITISM; PARASITOSIS; SURVIVAL;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; MALE; PERCIFORMES;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; AMPHIPODA; AZTECA; HYALELLA AZTECA; LEPOMIS CYANELLUS; LEPTORHYNCHOIDES THECATUS; RHADINORHYNCHIDAE;

EID: 0037397609     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0251:EOCBSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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