Ecology of a diplozoon parasite on the gills of the African cyprinid Barbus neumayeri

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 312-320

  Chapman, Lauren J ^a,b   Lanciani, Carmine A ^a   Chapman, Colin A ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Cyprinidae; Hypoxia; Neodiplozoon polycotyleus; Parasite

Indexed keywords

EPHEMERAL STREAM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; OXYGEN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SITE SELECTION;

UGANDA;

BARBUS; BARBUS NEUMAYERI; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; DIPLOZOON; MONOGENEA; NEODIPLOZOON; TREMATODA;

EID: 0034486142     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.2000.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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