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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2001

M. Huxham ,
D. Maitland  and
M. Mocogni
M. Huxham
Affiliation:
School of Life Sciences, Napier University, Edinburgh, EH10 5DT, Scotland
D. Maitland
Affiliation:
School of Life Sciences, Napier University, Edinburgh, EH10 5DT, Scotland
M. Mocogni
Affiliation:
School of Life Sciences, Napier University, Edinburgh, EH10 5DT, Scotland
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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.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 81 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 351 - 352
Copyright
2001 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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