Parasitism and soft-bottom community structure: Studies in a polychaete - amphipod system

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 165-169

  McCurdy, Dean G ^a   Moran, Brighid ^b  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PARASITISM; POLYCHAETE; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; COROPHIUM; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; NEREIDIDAE; NEREIS; NEREIS VIRENS; POLYCHAETA; TREMATODA; ZOOGONUS; ZOOGONUS RUBELLUS;

EID: 1042290988     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404009026h     Document Type: Article

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