Influence of treated sewage on infections of Eustrongylides ignotus (Nematoda: Dioctophymatoidea) in eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) in an urban watershed

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-210

  Coyner, Donald F ^a,b   Spalding, Marilyn G ^a   Forrester, Donald J ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioctophymatoidea; Eastern mosquitofish; Eustrongylides ignotus; Florida; Gambusia holbrooki; Nematode; Pollution; Sewage effluents; U.S.A.

Indexed keywords

AVES; DIOCTOPHYMATOIDEA; EUSTRONGYLIDES; EUSTRONGYLIDES IGNOTUS; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 0041699916     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4061     Document Type: Article

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