Effects of conspecifics and heterospecifics on individual worm mass in four helminth species parasitic in fish

Parasitology Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-147

  Poulin, R ^a   Giari, L ^b   Simoni, E ^b   Dezfuli, B S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ACANTHOCEPHALUS ANGUILLAE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY SIZE; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYATHOCEPHALUS TRUNCATUS; ECHINORHYNCUS TRUTTAE; FERTILITY; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; POMPHORHYNCUS LAEVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; WORM;

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ACANTHOCEPHALUS ANGUILLAE; CESTODA; CYATHOCEPHALUS TRUNCATUS; ECHINORHYNCHUS TRUTTAE; POMPHORHYNCHUS LAEVIS; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; VERMES;

EID: 0038209445     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-002-0778-1     Document Type: Article

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