On the distribution and abundance of eel parasites in Nova Scotia: Local versus regional patterns

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 697-701

  Barker, Duane E ^a   Marcogliese, David J ^a,b   Cone, David K ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PREVALENCE;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; CESTODE INFECTIONS; CRUSTACEA; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; NOVA SCOTIA; PARASITIC DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANGUILLIFORMES; METAZOA; ROSTRATA;

EEL PARASITE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL SCALE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, TIMBER LAKE;

EID: 0029659234     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3283877     Document Type: Article

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