Seasonal dynamics of the helminths of bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) in a subtropical region

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 324-328

  Steinauer, Michelle L ^a   Font, William F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

ARTICLE; ASCOCOTYLE TENUICOLLIS; BLUEGILL; CAMALLANUS OXYCEPHALUS; CERCARIA; FISH; HELMINTH; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PARASITISM; PHAGICOLA NANA; POSTHODIPLOSTOMUM MINIMUM; PREVALENCE; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAIL; SPINITECTUS CAROLINI; SPRING; SUMMER; TREMATODE; TROPICS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; FISH DISEASES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; LOUISIANA; PERCIFORMES; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TEMPERATURE;

UNITED STATES;

ASCOCOTYLE TENUICOLLIS; CAMALLANIDAE; CAMALLANUS; CAMALLANUS OXYCEPHALUS; CYSTIDICOLIDAE; DIPLOSTOMATIDAE; GASTROPODA; HETEROPHYIDAE; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; NEMATODA; OXYCEPHALUS; PHAGICOLA; PHAGICOLA NANA; POSTHODIPLOSTOMUM MINIMUM; SPINITECTUS; SPINITECTUS CAROLINI; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 0037396772     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0324:SDOTHO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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