Mermithids (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasitizing different blackfly (Diptera: Simuliidae) populations in Quebec: Environmental parameters related to their presence or absence in the studied brooks

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 438-443

  St Onge, Mylène ^a   Charpentier, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blackfly; Environmental factors; Mermithid; Multiparasitism; Nematode

Indexed keywords

CNEPHIA DACOTENSIS; CNEPHIA MUTATA; DIPTERA; GASTROMERMIS; ISOMERMIS; MERMITHIDA; MERMITHIDAE; MESOMERMIS; NEMATODA; PROSIMULIUM; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DECORUM; SIMULIUM TUBEROSUM; SIMULIUM VITTATUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; FLY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MERMITHOIDEA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MERMITHOIDEA; QUEBEC; SEASONS; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 58149156735     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/5712.1     Document Type: Article

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