| the influence of parasitic water mites on the instantaneous death rate of their hosts. | the effect of 2 species of water mites on the instantaneous death rate of their hosts was measured on the basis of laboratory experiments. in both parasite-host association - the parasitic water mite hydryphantes tenuabilis on the aquatic insect host hydrometra australis and the parasitic water mite arrenurus pseudotenuicollis on the mosquito anopheles crucians - the effect of mite load on the instantaneous death rate of the host appeared to be linear. also, the impact of a single parasite on th ... | 1979 | 28310464 |