Parasite communities as indicators of ecosystem stress

Parassitologia

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-232

  Marcogliese, D J ^a,c   Cone, D K ^b  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

American eel; Anguilla rostrata; Biodiversity; Environmental indicators; Parasites; pH

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PH; PREVALENCE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NOVA SCOTIA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0031219145     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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