Trematode fauna of Hydrobia ulvae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) in a eutrophic temperate estuary

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 913-921

  Bordalo, M D ^a   Ferreira, S M ^a,b   Jensen, K T ^c   Pardal, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

digenean trematodes; eutrophication; Hydrobia ulvae; Mondego Estuary; parasitism

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GASTROPOD; MACROALGA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAIL;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; MONDEGO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL;

ALGAE; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; GASTROPODA; HAPLOPORIDAE; HETEROPHYIDAE; HYDROBIA ULVAE; MICROPHALLIDAE; NOTOCOTYLIDAE; PROSOBRANCHIA; TREMATODA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 79956033910     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410002006     Document Type: Article

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