Trematode parasites of Otago Harbour (New Zealand) soft-sediment intertidal ecosystems: Life cycles, ecological roles and DNA barcodes

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 857-865

  Leung, Tommy L F ^a   Donald, Kirsten M ^a   Keeney, Devon B ^b   Koehler, Anson V ^a   Peoples, Robert C ^a   Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustaceans; Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 gene; Intertidal mudflats; Molluscs; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CRUSTACEAN; CYTOCHROME; DNA; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MOLLUSC; MUDFLAT; PARASITISM; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; OTAGO HARBOR; SOUTH ISLAND;

CRUSTACEA; DIGENEA (FLUKES); INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PLATYHELMINTHES; POLYCHAETA; TREMATODA;

EID: 70350153803     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330909510044     Document Type: Article

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