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The Relationship between Oxygen Uptake, Reduced Weight, Length and Number of Contained Metacercariae in the Sporocysts of Microphallus Pygmaeus (Levinsen, 1881) (Trematoda: Microphallidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

B. L. James  and
R. J. Richards
B. L. James
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College, Swansea
R. J. Richards
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College, Swansea
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A linear relationship was found to exist between (1) the reduced weight and length, (2) the number of contained metacercariae and length, (3) the number of metacercariae and reduced weight, (4) the log. oxygen uptake and the log. reduced weight and therefore, (5) between the log. metabolic rate and the log. reduced weight, in the daughter sporocysts of, Microphallus Pygmaeus.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 46 , Issue 1 , March 1972 , pp. 27 - 33
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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