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Brackish-water submergence of the common periwinkle,Littorina littorea, and its digenean parasites in the Baltic Sea and in the Kattegat
Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen volume 37, pages 177–184 (1984)
Abstract
North Sea and Baltic Sea populations ofLittorina littorea differ with respect to their vertical distribution. In the North SeaL. littorea is strictly intertidal while in the Baltic Sea maximum population densities occur in the sublittoral. Levels of infestation with larval digenetic trematodes diminish qualitatively (number of species recorded) and quantitatively (number of hosts infested) with decreasing salinity. Both the host and two parasite species —Cryptocotyle lingua andMicrophallus pygmaeus — display ‘brackish-water submergence’ under conditions of reduced surface salinity.
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Lauckner, G. Brackish-water submergence of the common periwinkle,Littorina littorea, and its digenean parasites in the Baltic Sea and in the Kattegat. Helgolander Meeresunters 37, 177–184 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01989302
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