Effects of the trematode Microphallus turgidus on locomotion and prey capture in the grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 327-330

  Khan, R N ^a   Spiers, J A ^a   Pung, O J ^b  

^a Armstrong State University   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; GRASS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LOCOMOTION; MICROPHALLUS TURGIDUS; NONHUMAN; PALAEMONETES PUGIO; PREY; SHRIMP; SWIMMING; TREMATODE; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LOCOMOTION; PALAEMONIDAE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

ARTEMIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MICROPHALLUS; PALAEMONETES; PALAEMONETES PUGIO; TREMATODA;

EID: 0344442871     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/JOH2003192     Document Type: Article

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