The Influence of Habitat on the Distribution and Abundance of Metacercariae of Macravestibulum obtusicaudum (Pronocephalidae) in a Small Indiana Stream

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1088-1090

  Wetzel, Eric J ^a   Shreve, Eric W ^a  

^a WABASH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT TYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; PARASITE INTENSITY; POOL-RIFFLE SEQUENCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CERCARIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVALUATION; HOST SELECTION; INFECTION RATE; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SNAIL; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; INDIANA; SEASONS; SNAILS; TREMATODA; TURTLES;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ELIMIA; ELIMIA LIVESCENS; GASTROPODA; MACRAVESTIBULUM OBTUSICAUDUM; PLEUROCERIDAE; PRONOCEPHALIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 0344420352     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3220RN     Document Type: Conference Paper

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