Metal specific partitioning in a parasite-host assemblage of the cestode Ligula intestinalis and the cyprinid fish Rastrineobola argentea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1557-1562

  Oyoo Okoth, Elijah ^a,b   Admiraal, Wim ^b   Osano, Odipo ^a   Hoitinga, Leo ^b   Kraak, Michiel H S ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Host; Ligula intestinalis; Metals; Parasite; Rastrineobola argentea

Indexed keywords

FISH; MAGNESIUM; METALS; PHYSIOLOGY; STRONTIUM;

HOST; LIGULA INTESTINALIS; METAL ACCUMULATION; METAL CONTAMINATION; METAL REQUIREMENTS; PARASITE; PHYSIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES; RASTRINEOBOLA ARGENTEA;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; MAGNESIUM; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM; TRACE METAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; COBALT; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COPPER; FISH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LAKE POLLUTION; PARTITIONING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CESTODE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINIFORMES; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIGULA INTESTINALIS; METAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASTRINEOBOLA ARGENTEA; RESOURCE PARTITIONING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA;

CESTODA; CYPRINIDAE; LIGULA INTESTINALIS; RASTRINEOBOLA ARGENTEA;

ANIMALS; CESTODA; CYPRINIDAE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS;

EID: 77953001889     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.11.054     Document Type: Article

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