Seasonal dynamics and community structure of helminths of spotted sunfish, Lepomis miniatus (Osteichthyes: Centrarchidae) from an oligohaline estuary in Southeastern Louisiana, U.S.A.

Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-110

  Fiorillo, Riccardo A ^a,b   Font, William F ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrarchidae; Community; Component community; Estuary; Helminth; Infracommunity; Lepomis miniatus; Louisiana; Parasite; Seasonal dynamics; USA

Indexed keywords

BARBULOSTOMUM CUPULORIS; CAMALLANUS OXYCEPHALUS; CREPIDOSTOMUM CORNUTUM; GENARCHELLA; LEPOMIS MINIATUS; LEPTORHYNCHOIDES THECATUS; NEOECHINORHYNCHUS CYLINDRATUS; SPINITECTUS CAROLINI;

EID: 0032779585     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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