Effects of salinity on an intertidal host-parasite system: Is the parasite more sensitive than its host?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 412, Issue , 2012, Pages 110-116

  Studer, A ^a   Poulin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Host parasite interaction; Parasitism; Salinity; Transmission; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVAPORATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; RAINFALL; SALINITY;

AMPHIPODA; CERCARIA (TREMATODE GENUS); GASTROPODA; MARITREMA NOVAEZEALANDENSIS; PARACALLIOPE NOVIZEALANDIAE; TREMATODA; ZEACUMANTUS SUBCARINATUS;

EID: 84155171139     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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