Assortative pairing in the amphipod Paracalliope fluviatilis: A role for parasites?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 545, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-73

  Lefebvre, François ^a   Fredensborg, Brian ^a   Armstrong, Amy ^a   Hansen, Ellen ^a   Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Coitocaecum parvum; Mate choice; Microphallus sp.; Reproduction; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS; MICROORGANISMS;

AMPHIPODS; CUSTACEAN SPECIES; HELMINTH PARASITES; HYDROBIOLOGY; UNINFECTED FEMALES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

PARASITISM;

AMPHIPODA; COITOCAECUM PARVUM; CRUSTACEA; PARACALLIOPE; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 21644437199     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-2211-0     Document Type: Article

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