Why do fish have so few roundworm (nematode) parasites?

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-5

  Anderson, Roy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystems; Evolution; Heteroxeny; Hosts; Origins; Paratenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242631539     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00001690     Document Type: Article

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