On the role of tubificid oligochaetes in relation to fish disease with special reference to the myxozoa

Annual Review of Fish Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 1996, Pages 29-40

  Brinkhurst, Ralph O ^a  

^a Aquatic Resources Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Oligochaeta; Salmonids; Tubifex; Whirling disease

Indexed keywords

ANNELID WORM; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CESTODE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH DISEASE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; POLYPLOIDY; RAINBOW TROUT; REVIEW; WORM INFECTION;

EID: 0030318820     PISSN: 09598030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8030(96)90004-6     Document Type: Article

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