Ocular lesions associated with attachment of the parasitic copepod Ommatokoita elongata (Grant) to corneas of Greenland sharks, Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch and Schneider)

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 415-422

  Borucinska, J D ^a   Benz, G W ^b   Whiteley, H E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b Sout east Aquatic Research Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMMATOKOITA ELONGATA; SOMNIOSUS MICROCEPHALUS;

EID: 0031729525     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2761.1998.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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