Do trematode parasites affect cockle (Cerastoderma edule) secondary production and elimination?

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1395-1402

  Gam, Meriame ^a   De Montaudouin, Xavier ^b   Bazairi, Hocein ^a  

^a HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Cerastoderma edule; Elimination; Secondary production; Trematode parasites

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; FLATWORM; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SAMPLING; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [FRANCE]; ATLANTIC COAST [MOROCCO]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AFRICA]; FRANCE; MOROCCO;

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 74149087928     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409000599     Document Type: Article

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