Analyses of a Debilitating Parasite (Microphallus papillorobustus, Trematoda) and Its "Hitchhiker" Parasite (Maritrema subdolum, Trematoda) on Survival of Their Intermediate Host (Gammarus insensibilis, Amphipoda)

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-5

  Thomas, Frédéric ^a   Villa, Mercedes ^b   Montoliu, Isabelle ^b   Santalla, Francis ^b   Cézilly, Frank ^c   Renaud, François ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Gammarus; Hitchhiking strategy; Maritrema subdolum; Microphallus papillorobustus; Survival; Trematode

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742568565     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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