POPULATION DYNAMICS OF THE FRESHWATER SNAIL BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI IN EASTERN ZAÏRE
- 11 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Molluscan Studies
- Vol. 53 (3) , 249-265
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/53.3.249
Abstract
The population dynamics of the freshwater snail Biomphalaria pfeifferi, an intermediate host of the parasitic worm Schistosoma mansoni, was studied in the Virunga stream in Eastern Zaïre.Keywords
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