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Date of Award
1979
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.)
Department
Graduate Studies
First Advisor
Steven Obrebski
First Committee Member
James A. Blake
Second Committee Member
Edmund H. Smith
Abstract
Portunion conformis castrates the crab Hemigrapsus oregonensis. Piltz (1969) found P. conformis in both H. oregonensis and Hemigrapsus nudus. Kuris (1971) studied the interactions between P. conformis and H. oregonensis occurring in Bodega Bay, California. In the present study, interactions between this isopod and populations of both hosts in Tomales Bay, California, are described, including the influence of host species, sex and size on parasitic infestation and the effects of the parasites on secondary sexual characteristics of the hosts, as well as interactions between the effects of these variable.
Pages
39
Recommended Citation
Gens, Francis Richard. (1979). Interactions between Portunion Conformis (Epicaridea: Entoniscidae) and two host species. University of the Pacific, Thesis. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2010
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