Ribeiroia ondatrae cercariae are consumed by aquatic invertebrate predators

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1240-1243

  Schotthoefer, Anna M ^a,b   Labak, K Marie ^a   Beasley, Val R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; FLATWORM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INVERTEBRATE; MORTALITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREDATOR;

AMPHIBIA; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CERCARIA; COELENTERATE; COPEPOD; DAMSEFLY LARVAE; DRAGONFLY LARVAE; INVERTEBRATE; LIMB DEFORMITY; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; RIBEIROIA ONDATRAE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRESH WATER; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HYDRA; LARVA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SNAILS; TREMATODA;

AMPHIBIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); COENAGRIONIDAE; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; GASTROPODA; HYDRA SP.; INVERTEBRATA; LIBELLULIDAE; ODONATA; RIBEIROIA ONDATRAE; TREMATODA; VERTEBRATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 36749022745     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE1129R.1     Document Type: Article

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