The effect of parasitism by trypanorhynch plerocercoids (Cestoda, Trypanorhyncha) on the digestive enzyme activity of Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Decapoda, Portunidae)

Crustaceana

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 663-675

  Gurney, Robert H ^a   Johnston, Danielle J ^a,b   Nowak, Barbara F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CRAB; CRUSTACEAN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SWAN BAY; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

CARCINUS MAENAS; CESTODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DOLLFUSIELLA MARTINI; PORTUNIDAE; TRYPANORHYNCHA;

EID: 33748884327     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854006778026780     Document Type: Article

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