Infection of the glass-eel swimbladder with the nematode Anguillicola crassus

Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-83

  Nimeth, K ^a   Zwerger, P ^a   Wurtz J ^a   Salvenmoser, W ^a   Pelster, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Anguillicola crassus; Exercise; Glass eel; Metabolism; Swimbladder

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; EEL; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING;

AIR SACS; ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; DRACUNCULOIDEA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH DISEASES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLICOLA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033865743     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118209900606X     Document Type: Article

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