Production of marine trematode cercariae: A potentially overlooked path of energy flow in benthic systems

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 372, Issue , 2008, Pages 147-155

  Thieltges, David W ^a   De Montaudouin, Xavier ^b   Fredensborg, Brian ^c   Jensen, K Thomas ^d   Koprivnikar, Janet ^e   Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic production; Cercarial output; Trematode cercariae

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ENERGY FLOW; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLATWORM; FOOD SUPPLY; GASTROPOD; INTERMEDIATE HOST;

CERCARIA (TREMATODE GENUS); GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; TREMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58249106282     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07703     Document Type: Article

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