The effects of environmental context and initial density on symbiont populations in a freshwater cleaning symbiosis

Freshwater Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1358-1366

  Thomas, Michael J ^a   Creed, Robert P ^a   Brown, Bryan L ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Branchiobdellidans; Crayfish; Epibiosis; Fouling; Mutualism; Partner regulation

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CLEANING BEHAVIOR; CRAYFISH; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOULING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; POPULATION SIZE; SYMBIONT;

ASTACOIDEA;

EID: 84888236362     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/12-187.1     Document Type: Article

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