Parasites of burbot, Lota lota, from lake Huron, Michigan, U.S.A., with a checklist of the North American parasites of burbot

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 182-195

  Muzzall, Patrick M ^a   Gillilland III, Merritt G ^b,c   Bowen II, Charles A ^a   Coady, Nathaniel R ^a   Peebles, C Robert ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burbot; Great Lakes; Lake Huron; Lota lota; Michigan; North America; Parasites; U.S.A.

Indexed keywords

DIPLOSTOMUM; ECHINORHYNCHUS SALMONIS; EUBOTHRIUM RUGOSUM; HAPLONEMA HAMUTATUM; LOTA LOTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; TRICHODINA;

EID: 0042701713     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4062     Document Type: Article

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