Comparison of richness and diversity of macroparasite communities among eels from Nova Scotia, the United Kingdom and Australia

Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-83

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

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anguilla rostrata; Diversity; Helminth communities; Nova Scotia; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FISH DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINES; NOVA SCOTIA; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS; ANGUILLA REINHARDTII; ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANGUILLIFORMES; ROSTRATA; VERMES;

EID: 0031885913     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097001923     Document Type: Article

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