Ecological impacts of the microsporidian parasite Pleistophora mulleri on its freshwater amphipod host Gammarus duebeni celticus

Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 331-336

  Fielding, N J ^a   MacNeil, C ^a,d   Robinson, N ^a   Dick, J T A ^a   Elwood, R W ^a   Terry, R S ^b   Ruiz, Z ^c   Dunn, A M ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d Government Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Gammarus; Isopod; Microsporidian; Pleistophora mulleri; Trophic

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMARUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MICROSPORIDA; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PLEISTOPHORA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; PLEISTOPHORA; SEASONS;

AMPHIPODA; ASELLUS; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS DUEBENI CELTICUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; PLEISTOPHORA MULLERI;

EID: 24644487857     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005007754     Document Type: Article

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