Parasites of native and nonnative fishes of the Little Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1042-1053

  Choudhury, Anindo ^a,b   Hoffnagle, Timothy L ^a,c   Cole, Rebecca A ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b ST NORBERT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISH; HOST SPECIFICITY; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BOTHRIOCEPHALUS ACHEILOGNATHI; CATFISH; CERCARIA; CESTODE; CONTRACAECUM; COPEPOD; CORALLOBOTHRIUM FIMBRIATUM; CYPRINIFORMES; DACTYLOGYRUS EXTENSUS; ERGASILUS ARTHROSIS; EUSTRONGYLIDES; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GYRODACTYLUS HOFFMANI; HELMINTH; HENNEGUYA EXILIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; LEECH; LERNAEA CYPRINACEA; LIGICTALURIDUS FLORIDANUS; MEGATHYLACOIDES GIGANTEUM; MYZOBDELLA LUGUBRIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ORIBATIDA; ORNITHODIPLOSTOMUM; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; POSTHODIPLOSTOMUM; RHABDOCHONA; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREMATODE; TRUTTAEDACNITIS TRUTTAE; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FISH DISEASE; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ARIZONA; GRAND CANYON; LITTLE COLORADO RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CESTODA; HIRUDINEA; MONOGENEA; TREMATODA;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; ECOSYSTEM; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 13844255539     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3244     Document Type: Article

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