No evidence of Wolbachia among Great Lakes area populations of Daphnia pulex (Crustacea: Cladocera)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 121-124

  Fitzsimmons, Jay M ^a   Innes, David J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARTHROPODA; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX; PULEX; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 13444257786     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh145     Document Type: Article

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