Host-parasite relationships: Occurrence and effect of the parasitic isopod Mothocya epimerica on sand smelt Atherina boyeri in the Mesolongi and Etolikon Lagoons (W. Greece)

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-251

  Leonardos, Ioannis ^a   Trilles, Jean Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Atherina boyeri; Atherinidae; Cymothoidae; Host parasite relationships; Isopoda; Mothocya epimerica; Parasite

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LAGOON; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

ETOLIKON LAGOON; GREECE; MESOLONGI LAGOON;

ATHERINA BOYERI; ATHERINA HEPSETUS; ATHERINIDAE; CYMOTHOIDAE; FLABELLIFERA; ISOPODA; MOTHOCYA EPIMERICA; OSTEICHTHYES;

EID: 0037906103     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao054243     Document Type: Article

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