Macroparasites in stranded and bycaught harbour porpoises from German and Norwegian waters

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 265-269

  Lehnert, K ^a   Raga, J A ^b   Siebert, U ^a  

^a Forschungs und Technologiezentrum Westkueste   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Harbour porpoise; Parasites; Pathology; Respiratory tract

Indexed keywords

PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PORPOISE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANISAKIS SIMPLEX; CAMPULA OBLONGA; HALOCERCUS INVAGINATUS; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOLETER GASTROPHILUS; PSEUDALIUS INFLEXUS; STENURUS MINOR; TORYNURUS CONVOLUTUS;

EID: 20644450110     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao064265     Document Type: Article

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