Servants, scoundrels, and hitchhikers: Current understanding of the complex interactions between crayfish and their ectosymbiotic worms (Branchiobdellida)

Freshwater Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1345-1357

  Skelton, James ^a   Farrell, Kaitlin J ^b   Creed, Robert P ^c   Williams, Bronwyn W ^d   Ames, Catlin ^e   Helms, Brian S ^e   Stoekel, James ^e   Brown, Bryan L ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleaning symbiosis; Context dependence; Mutualisms; Partner choice; Partner regulation; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNELID; CLEANING BEHAVIOR; CRAYFISH; ECTOPARASITE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; SURVIVORSHIP; SYMBIONT;

ANNELIDA; ASTACOIDEA; BRANCHIOBDELLIDA;

EID: 84888262903     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/12-198.1     Document Type: Article

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