Effect of temperature on growth, survival and reproduction of Bulinus nyassanus (Smith, 1877) (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Lake Malawi

African Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 315-320

  Kubiriza, Godfrey K ^a   Madsen, Henry ^b   Likongwe, Jeremy S ^c   Stauffer Jr , Jay R ^d   Kang'Ombe, Jeremiah ^c   Kapute, Fanuel ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulinus nyassanus; Lake Malawi; reproductive performance; Schistosoma haematobium; survival

Indexed keywords

EGG DEVELOPMENT; FLATWORM; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SNAIL; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CAPE MACLEAR; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI; MALAWI;

BULINUS; BULINUS NYASSANUS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 78650535289     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/004.045.0210     Document Type: Article

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