Epidemiology of Anguillicola crassus in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) from two rivers in southern England

Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 679-686

  Norton, J ^a,b   Rollinson, D ^b   Lewis, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anguillicola crassus; Component population; Eel; Epidemiology; Infrapopulation; Parasite population dynamics; River Test; River Thames

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; ARTICLE; EEL; ESTUARY; EUROPE; GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS; HOST; INFECTION; LARVA; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; ENGLAND; FISH DISEASES; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; RIVERS;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; ANGUILLIFORMES; GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS;

EID: 20644459721     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004007139     Document Type: Article

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