Parasitic mite and trematode abundance are associated with reduced reproductive output and physiological condition of freshwater mussels

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 610, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-31

  Gangloff, Michael M ^a,b   Lenertz, Kristin K ^a,c   Feminella, Jack W ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glochidia; Glycogen; Parasites; Physiological condition; Reproduction; Unionoida

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOOD PROCESSING; METAL ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STEEL ANALYSIS;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; ALABAMA (CO); BUSINESS MEDIA; EVOLUTION (CO); FRESHWATER MUSSELS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; MULTIVARIATE MODELS; PARASITE LOADS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; PYGANODON GRANDIS; REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUT; SPRINGER (CO); UNIVARIATE MODELS;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; FITNESS; MITE; PARASITE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; STREAMWATER;

ACARI; CHIRONOMIDAE; GLOCHIDIA; INVERTEBRATA; PYGANODON GRANDIS; TREMATODA; UNIONOIDA;

EID: 46749126911     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9419-8     Document Type: Article

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