Freshwater Snails of Africa and Their Medical Importance

ISBN-13: 9780748400263 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 608 str.

David S Brown;David S Brown

Opis

The first edition reviewed freshwater snails for the whole of Africa. This revised edition takes account of advances made in taxonomy and in the understanding of the ecology and distribution of these species and also covers snail-borne parasitic

Spis treści

Systematic synopsis - introduction, glossary, identification keys; systematic synopsis - prosbranchs and pulmonates; snails and schistosomes; other snail-transmitted parasitic infections; the biology of bulinus; snail control; local snail faunas; chemical and physical factors; life cycles and populations; regions, lakes and rivers - biography.

O autorze

David S Brown