Seasonal population dynamics of parasitic copepods, Sinergasilus spp. on farmed fish in China

Aquaculture

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 239-245

  Nie, P ^a   Yao, W J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Parasitic copepods; Population dynamics; Sinergasilus major; Sinergasilus polycolpus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUACULTURE; PARASITE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA;

ARISTICHTHYS NOBILIS; CTENOPHALYNGODON IDELLUS; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS MOLITRIX; SINERGASILUS; SINERGASILUS MAJOR; SINERGASILUS POLYCOLPUS;

EID: 0034691948     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(00)00308-2     Document Type: Article

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