Richness and similarity of helminth communities in the tropical cichlid fish Cichlasoma urophthalmus from the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico

Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 581-590

  Salgado Maldonado, G ^a   Kennedy, C R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cichlasoma urophthalmus; Community; Community diversity; Helminth; Mexican parasites; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CICHLASOMA UROPHTHALMUS;

EID: 0030973495     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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