Effect of infection by the metacercarial trematode Renicola roscovita on growth in intertidal blue mussel Mytilus edulis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 319, Issue , 2006, Pages 129-134

  Thieltges, David W ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Controlled infections; Field experiment; Growth; Parasites; Trematodes

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; FLATWORM; GROWTH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; PARASITE; TIDAL CYCLE;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS EDULIS; RENICOLA ROSCOVITA; TREMATODA;

EID: 33748977424     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps319129     Document Type: Article

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