Relationship between prevalence of trematode parasite Diplostomum sp. and population density of its snail host Lymnaea stagnalis in lakes and ponds in Finland

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 351-357

  Voutilainen, Ari ^a   Van Ooik, Tapio ^b   Puurtinen, Mikael ^c   Kortet, Raine ^d   Taskinen, Jouni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Eye fluke; Freshwater habitat; Host parasite interaction; Intermediate host; Lake; Pond snail

Indexed keywords

FISH; FLATWORM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POND; POPULATION DENSITY; SNAIL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

AVES; DIPLOSTOMUM; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; LYMNAEIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 67349134210     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-008-9203-x     Document Type: Article

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