Survival and transmission of Anguillicola crassus Kuwahara, Niimi and Itagaki, 1974 (Nematoda) in seawater eels

Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 289-295

  Kirk, R S ^a,b,c   Lewis, J W ^b   Kennedy, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Crucian   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anguillicola crassus; Seawater; Survivorship; Transmission

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; EEL; ESTUARY; LABORATORY; MIGRATION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR SACS; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CRUSTACEA; DRACUNCULOIDEA; EELS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GREAT BRITAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEAWATER; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS;

ANGUILLICOLA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; EURYTEMORA AFFINIS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0034015967     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099005399     Document Type: Article

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