Effects of acanthocephalan parasites on colour and carotenoid quantities of their intermediate host Gammarus lacustris in the context of variable lake productivity

I studied the effects of Polymorphus paradoxus Connell and Corner and Polymorphus marilis Van Cleave on colour and carotenoid quantities of their host amphipod Gammarus lacustris G.O. Sars in seven lakes in Alberta, Canada, that differed in productivity. Polymorphus marilis induced pigmentation dyst...

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Main Author: Balanean, Leontin
Other Authors: Heather Proctor (Biological Sciences)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10048/1575