Ectoparasites of the whitespotted rabbitfish, Siganus sutor (Valenciennes, 1835) off the Kenyan Coast: Distribution within the host population and site selection on the gills

Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-79

  Geets, A ^a   Coene, H ^a   Ollevier, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gill parasites; Indian Ocean; Microhabitat use; Niche; Siganus sutor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECTOPARASITE; FISH; GILL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INDIAN OCEAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GILLS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; KENYA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREMATODA;

CALIGIDAE; CHIMAERA MONSTROSA; COPEPODA; GNATHIA; HATSCHEKIA; ISOPODA; MICROCOTYLE; MONOGENEA; PSEUDOHALIOTREMA; PSEUDOLEPEOPHTHEIRUS; SIGANIDAE; SIGANUS CANALICULATUS; SIGANUS SUTOR; TETRANCISTRUM; TETRANCISTRUM SP.;

EID: 0030850840     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097001054     Document Type: Article

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