Gill parasites of mummichogs, fundulus heteroclitus (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae): Effects of season, locality, and host sex and size

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 236-244

  Barse, A M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; ECTOPARASITE; GILL PARASITE; MUMMICHOG; SALINITY;

ARTICLE; CERCARIA; DATA ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GILL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; CESTODE INFECTIONS; CILIOPHORA; CILIOPHORA INFECTIONS; CRUSTACEA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; KILLIFISHES; MALE; MARYLAND; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SEX FACTORS; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY;

CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CYPRINODONTIDAE; ECHINOCHASMUS; ECHINOCHASMUS SCHWARTZI; ERGASILUS MANICATUS; FUNDULOTREMA; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; GYRODACTYLIDAE; GYRODACTYLUS; ISOPODA; LIRONECA OVALIS; MONOGENEA; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOBOLUS FUNDULI; MYXOZOA; PERITRICHIA; PHAGICOLA; PHAGICOLA DIMINUTA; SALSUGINUS; TELEOSTEI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031980130     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284476     Document Type: Article

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