Parasites of flounder (Platichthys flesus L.) from the German Bight, North Sea, and their potential use in biological effects monitoring: C. Pollution effects on the parasite community and a comparison to biomarker responses

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 262-271

  Schmidt, V ^a   Zander, S ^a   Korting W ^a   Broeg, K ^b   von Westernhagen, H ^b   Dizer, H ^c   Hansen, P D ^c   Skouras, A ^a   Steinhagen, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Biomarker; Parasite community; Platichthys flesus; Pollution monitoring

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLATFISH; PARASITISM; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING;

NORTH SEA;

ACANTHOCHONDRIA; ACANTHOCHONDRIA CORNUTA; BIVALVIA; COPEPODA; CORNUTA; CUCULLANUS; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS PECTORALIS; LERNAEOCERA BRANCHIALIS; METAZOA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; NEMATODA; PLATICHTHYS; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; TREMATODA; VIVIPARUS; ZOOGONOIDES; ZOOGONOIDES VIVIPARUS;

EID: 0345581348     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-003-0159-x     Document Type: Article

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