The influence of trematodes on the macroalgae consumption by the common periwinkle Littorina littorea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1481-1485

  Clausen, Karin T ^a   Larsen, Martin H ^a   Iversen, Nina K ^a   Mouritsen, Kim N ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Consumption; Enteromorpha intestinalis; Himasthla elongata; Macroalgae community; Parasites; Renicola roscovita; Ulva lactuca

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLATWORM; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GASTROPOD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRAZING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MACROALGA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROCOSM; PARASITE INFESTATION; SNAIL;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CHLOROPHYTA; GASTROPODA; HIMASTHLA ELONGATA; INVERTEBRATA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; MOLLUSCA; RENICOLA ROSCOVITA; TREMATODA; ULVA; ULVA INTESTINALIS; ULVA LACTUCA; VINCA MINOR;

EID: 67149135947     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408001744     Document Type: Article

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