Long-term and seasonal changes in composition and richness of intestinal helminth communities in eels Anguilla anguilla of an isolated English river

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 267-273

  Kennedy, Clive R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Eels; Environmental change; Helminth community; Long term change; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; VERMES;

EID: 0031410395     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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