Is there a trade-off between fecundity and egg volume in the parasitic copepod Lernanthropus cynoscicola?

Parasitology Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Timi, Juan Tomás ^a   Lanfranchi, Ana Laura ^a   Poulin, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; COPEPOD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYNOSCION GUATUCUPA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FISH; LERNANTHROPUS CYNOSCICOLA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COPEPODA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FISHES; GILLS; PARASITE EGG COUNT;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; CYNOSCION; LERNANTHROPUS;

EID: 12444285807     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1242-1     Document Type: Article

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