Parasite-host associations and life cycles of spring-living water mites (Hydrachnidia, Acari) from Luxembourg

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 573, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-37

  Martin, Peter ^a   Stur, Elisabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Museum of Natural History and Archaeology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Diptera; Host specificity; Parasitism; Phenology

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; BACTERIA; LIFE CYCLE; OCEAN HABITATS; SPRINGS (WATER);

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; HOST SPECIFICITY; PARASITISM; PHENOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY;

BENTHOS; FLY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; MITE; PARASITISM; PHENOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; LUXEMBOURG [BENELUX]; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACARI; ARRENURUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; DIXIDAE; FONTINALIS; HEXAPODA; HYDRACARINA; HYDRYPHANTIDAE; HYGROBATES NORVEGICUS; INSECTA; LIMONIINAE; LJANIA BIPAPILLATA; NEMATOCERA; SIMULIIDAE; SPERCHON; SPERCHON THIENEMANNI; THYAS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 33750708880     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0246-5     Document Type: Article

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