Richness and diversity of parasite communities in European eels Anguilla anguilla of the River Rhine, Germany, with special reference to helminth parasites

Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 323-330

  Sures, B ^a   Knopf, K ^a   Wurtz J ^a   Hirt, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b Staatliches Mus F Naturkunde K   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acanthocephalans; Anguilla anguilla; Anguillicola crassus; Diversity; Parasites; Richness

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; EEL; GERMANY; GILL; HELMINTH; INTESTINE; INTESTINE PARASITE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; TRYPANOSOMA;

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ACANTHOCEPHALUS ANGUILLAE; ACANTHOCEPHALUS LUCII; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLICOLA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; ANGUILLIFORMES; BOTHRIOCEPHALUS CLAVICEPS; CLAVICEPS; MYXIDIUM GIARDI; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOBOLUS SP.; PARATENUISENTIS AMBIGUUS; POMPHORHYNCHUS LAEVIS; PSEUDODACTYLOGYRUS; RAPHIDASCARIS; RAPHIDASCARIS ACUS; TRICHODINA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA GRANULOSUM; VERMES;

EID: 0032873340     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099004655     Document Type: Article

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