Size-dependent pattern of metacercariae accumulation in Macomona liliana: the threshold for infection in a dead-end host

Parasitology Research - Tập 104 Số 1 - Trang 177-180 - 2008
Tommy L. F. Leung1, Robert Poulin1
1Department of Zoology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand

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