Host preference by an aquatic ectosymbiotic annelid on 2 sympatric species of host crayfishes

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 90-100

  Brown, Bryan L ^a,b   Creed Jr , Robert P ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Epibiont; Host preference; Host selection; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; CRAYFISH; EPIBIONT; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; SYMPATRY;

ANNELIDA; ASTACOIDEA; BRANCHIOBDELLIDA; BRANCHIOBDELLIDAE; CAMBARIDAE; CAMBARINCOLA; CAMBARUS; CAMBARUS CHASMODACTYLUS; CLITELLATA; ORCONECTES;

EID: 1342269536     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2004)023<0090:HPBAAE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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