Helminths of bluegills, Lepomis macrochirus, from a northern Indiana pond

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-92

  Wilson, Sharon ^a   Camp Jr , Joseph W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluegills; Camallanus oxycephalus; Helminths; Indiana; Lepomis macrochirus; Posthodiplostomum minimum; Proteocephalus sp.; Spinitectus carolini

Indexed keywords

CAMALLANUS; CAMALLANUS OXYCEPHALUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; NEMATODA; OXYCEPHALUS; POSTHODIPLOSTOMUM MINIMUM; PROTEOCEPHALUS; PROTEOCEPHALUS SP.; SPINITECTUS; SPINITECTUS CAROLINI; VERMES;

EID: 0037279859     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/1525-2647(2003)070[0088:hoblmf]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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