Effect of temperature changes on the cercarial-shedding rate of two trematodes
ABSTRACT Since temperature is a key condition in the initiation of cercarial emergence, the objective of the work reported here was to evaluate the effect of that variable on the shedding of two morphologic and taxonomic types of cercariae. Bioassays were accordingly performed with snails naturally...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul
2016-01-01
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Series: | Iheringia: Série Zoologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212016000100220&lng=en&tlng=en |