In situ growth of juvenile cockles, Cerastoderma edule, experimentally infected with larval trematodes (Himasthla interrupta)

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-43

  Wegeberg, Anne Margrethe ^a   Jensen, K Thomas ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cerastoderma edule; Field experiment; Growth; Himasthla interrupta; Metacercariae; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; GROWTH; MOLLUSC; PARASITISM; SURVIVORSHIP;

BIVALVIA; CARDIIDAE; CERASTODERMA EDULE; HIMASTHLA; HIMASTHLA INTERRUPTA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0242339543     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(03)00042-X     Document Type: Article

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