Parasites of coral reef fish recruits, Epinephelus merra (Serranidae), in French Polynesia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 405-408

  Rigby, Mark C ^a,b   Dufour, Vincent ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CRIOBE ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CESTODE; FISH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYNESIA;

ANIMALS; CESTODE INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; LARVA; POLYNESIA; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CESTODA; EPINEPHELUS MERRA; EUCESTODA; PHYLLOBOTHRIIDAE; SERRANIDAE; TRYPANORHYNCHA;

HOST IMMUNE RESPONSES; PARASITE; PARASITES; RECRUITS; REEF FISH;

FRENCH POLYNESIA, MOOREA; PACIFIC, FRENCH POLYNESIA, MOOREA;

EID: 0029669837     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284076     Document Type: Article

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