Activity levels and predator detection by amphipods infected with an acanthocephalan parasite, Pomphorhynchus laevis

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-134

  Dezfuli, Bahram S ^a   Maynard, Barbara J ^b   Wellnitz, Todd A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Alteration of host activity; Echinogammarus stammeri; Parasitized crustacean; Pomphorhynchus laevis

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; CYPRINIFORMES; ECHINOGAMMARUS; ECHINOGAMMARUS STAMMERI; LEUCISCUS; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; POMPHORHYNCHUS; POMPHORHYNCHUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0041848253     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2003.023     Document Type: Article

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