Parasitological survey of the edible cockle Cerastoderma edule (Bivalvia) on the south coast of Ireland

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 923-928

  Fermer, Jan ^a   Culloty, Sarah C ^a   Kelly, Thomas C ^a   O'Riordan, Ruth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cerastoderma edule; digenean trematodes; Meiogymnophallus minutus; parasite fauna

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CONSPECIFIC; DISEASE PREVALENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; SAMPLING;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRELAND; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; GYMNOPHALLIDAE; MEIOGYMNOPHALLUS MINUTUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 79956000128     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410001839     Document Type: Article

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