Respiration rates in Littorina littorea infected with three species of digenean parasite
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 June 2001
Abstract
The gastropod Littorina littorea shows increased mortality in the summer months when infected with digenean parasites. One possible cause of this mortality is impaired respiration in infected hosts. Respiration rates of L. littorea infected with three species of digenea of varying pathogenicity were measured: Cryptocotyle lingua, Himasthla elongata and Renicola roscovita. No evidence of altered respiration rates in infected snails was found.
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- Brief Report
- Information
- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 81 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 351 - 352
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- 2001 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
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