Population dynamics and ecology of freshwater gastropods in the highveld and lowveld regions of Zimbabwe, with emphasis on schistosome and amphistome intermediate hosts

African Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-62

  Chingwena, G ^a   Mukaratirwa, S ^a   Chimbari, M ^a   Kristensen, T K ^b   Madsen, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dams; Gastropoda; Snail density; Streams

Indexed keywords

DAM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAIL; VEGETATION COVER;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

AMPULLARIIDAE; BELLAMYA; BELLAMYA CAPILLATA; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; BULINUS; BULINUS FORSKALII; BULINUS GLOBOSUS; BULINUS TROPICUS; CERATOPHALLUS; CERATOPHALLUS NATALENSIS; GASTROPODA; GYRAULUS; GYRAULUS COSTULATUS; LANISTES; LANISTES OVUM; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA NATALENSIS; LYMNAEIDAE; MELANOIDES; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA; PLANORBIDAE; SCHISTOSOMA; THIARIDAE; VIVIPARIDAE;

EID: 3242739967     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2004.11407286     Document Type: Article

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