Habitat preference of freshwater snails in relation to environmental factors and the presence of the competitor snail Melanoides tuberculatus (Müller, 1774)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-176

  Giovanelli, Alexandre ^a   Coelho Da Silva, Cesar Luiz Pinto Ayres ^a   Eccard Leal, Geórgia Borges ^a   Baptista, Darcílio Fernandes ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomphalaria; Competition; Habitat preference; Melanoides tuberculata; Melanoides tuberculatus; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; COMPETENCE; DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; SPECIES HABITAT; VELOCITY; WATER FLOW;

BASOMMATOPHORA; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; BIOMPHALARIA TENAGOPHILA; GASTROPODA; MARMORATA; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATUS; PHYSA; PHYSA MARMORATA; TUBERCULATUS;

EID: 19744368008     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762005000200010     Document Type: Article

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