Geographical variation in metacercarial infection levels in marine invertebrate hosts: Parasite species character versus local factors

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 983-990

  Thieltges, David W ^a   Fredensborg, Brian L ^b   Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; CRUSTACEAN; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLATWORM; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE;

BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; TREMATODA;

EID: 67349249154     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1142-0     Document Type: Article

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