Notes: Occurrence of Anguillicola crassus, an Exotic Parasitic Swim Bladder Nematode of Eels, in the Southeastern United States

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 794-797

  Fries, Loraine T ^a   Williams, D Jody ^a   Johnson, S Ken ^b  

^a TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLICOLA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 0030470704     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1996)125<0794:NOOCAE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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