Effects of endolithic parasitism on invasive and indigenous mussels in a variable physical environment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Zardi, Gerardo Ivan ^a,c   Nicastro, Katy Rebecca ^a,c   McQuaid, Christopher David ^a   Gektidis, Marcos ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOLITHIC PARASITISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INFESTATION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MUSSEL; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PERNA; PERNA PERNA; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SEASHORE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVASION; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

MYTILUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PERNA PERNA;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 68749112752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006560     Document Type: Article

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