Assemblages of ectoparasites of a pelagic fish, slimy mackerel (Scomber australasicus), from south-eastern Australia

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 263-273

  Hayward, Craig J ^a   Perera, K M Lakshmi ^a   Rohde, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assemblages; Copepoda; Ecology; Ectoparasites; Interactions; Isopoda; Monogenea; Scomber australasicus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECTOPARASITE; MACKEREL; PELAGIC FISH; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECOLOGY; ECTOPARASITE; FISH; FISH DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CRUSTACEA; ECOLOGY; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FISH DISEASES; MARINE BIOLOGY; PLATYHELMINTHS; PREVALENCE;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CERATOTHOA IMBRICATA; COPEPODA; GRUBEA; GRUBEA AUSTRALIS; ISOPODA; KUHNIA SCOMBERCOLIAS; KUHNIA SCOMBRI; MONOGENEA; PISCES; PSEUDOKUHNIA; PSEUDOKUHNIA MINOR; SCOMBER AUSTRALASICUS;

EID: 0032005062     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00186-0     Document Type: Article

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