Effects of the nematode Gyrinicola batrachiensis on development, gut morphology, and fermentation in bullfrog tadpoles (Rana catesbeiana): A novel mutualism

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 303, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 704-712

  Pryor, Gregory S ^a,b   Bjorndal, Karen A ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; GYRINICOLA BATRACHIENSIS; NEMATODA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FERMENTATION; FROG; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FERMENTATION; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NEMATODA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 24344478812     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.192     Document Type: Article

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