Respiration rates in Littorina littorea infected with three species of digenean parasite

Huxham, M; Maitland, D; Mocogni, M

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.

Citation

Huxham, M., Maitland, D., & Mocogni, M. (2001). Respiration rates in Littorina littorea infected with three species of digenean parasite. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 81(02), (351-352). doi:10.1017/s0025315401003885. ISSN 0025-3154

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Jun 1, 2001
• Publication Date: 2001-04
• Deposit Date: Dec 12, 2016
• Journal: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK
• Print ISSN: 0025-3154
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-7769
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 81
• Issue: 02
• Pages: 351-352
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315401003885
• Keywords: Aquatic Science
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/452498