Fish population size, and not density, as the determining factor of parasite infection: A case study

Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-313

  Bagge, A M ^a   Poulin, R ^b   Valtonen, E T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carassius carassius; Crucian carp; Epidemiology; Monogenea; Population density; Population size

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARP; FINLAND; FISH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; POND; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; CARPS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FINLAND; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

CARASSIUS; CARASSIUS CARASSIUS; CYPRINUS CARPIO; DACTYLOGYRUS; DACTYLOGYRUS FORMOSUS; DACTYLOGYRUS INTERMEDIUS; GYRODACTYLUS; GYRODACTYLUS CARASSII; MONOGENEA;

EID: 1842607313     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182003004566     Document Type: Article

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