Distribution and prevalence of gall bladder myxosporean parasites in dab (Limanda limanda L.) and whiting (Merlangius merlangus L.) in UK coastal waters

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 176-180

  Feist, S W ^a   Ronga, E ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

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