Parasitism and Host Sensitivity to Cadmium: An Acanthocephalan Infection of the Freshwater Amphipod Gammarus pulex
Authors:
- Andrew F. BrownABAndrew F. Brown
- David PascoeDPDavid Pascoe
- 1 August 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Applied Ecology
- Vol. 26 (2) , 473-487
Abstract
(1) Of 600 Gammarus pulex (L.) removed as a single sample from the River Teme, Herefordshire, 52% were infected with the acanthocephalan Pomphorhynchus laevis (...Keywords
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