Modus vivendi: Invasive host/parasite relations-Charybdis longicollis Leene, 1938 (Brachyura: Portunidae) and Heterosaccus dollfusi Boschma, 1960 (Rhizocephala: Sacculinidae)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 590, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-101

  Innocenti, Gianna ^a   Galil, Bella S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Charybdis; Eastern Mediterranean; Erythrean invasion; Heterosaccus; Host parasite interaction; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ECOLOGY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CHARYBDIS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; ERYTHREAN INVASIONS; HETEROSACCUS; HOST/PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INVASIVE SPECIES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; CRAB; FECUNDITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

BRACHYURA; CHARYBDIS (CRAB); CHARYBDIS LONGICOLLIS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HETEROSACCUS; HETEROSACCUS DOLLFUSI; PORTUNIDAE; RHIZOCEPHALA; SACCULINIDAE; THORACICA;

EID: 34547679402     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0761-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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