Indirect effects of a parasite on a benthic community: An experiment with trematodes, snails and periphyton

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 322-329

  Bernot, Randall J ^a,b   Lamberti, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Host behaviour; Physa acuta; Posthodiplostomum minimum; Trait mediated indirect effects

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; GASTROPODA; PHYSA ACUTA; POSTHODIPLOSTOMUM MINIMUM; PULMONATA; TREMATODA;

EID: 38149119584     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01896.x     Document Type: Article

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