Epizootiology of spirorchiid infection in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Hawaii

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 871-876

  Work, Thierry M ^a   Balazs, George H ^a,b   Schumacher, Jody L ^a   Marie, Amarisa ^a,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; PARASITISM; TURTLE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CARETTACOLA HAWAIIENSIS; CHELONIA MYDAS; DETERIORATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FORAGING; HAPALOTREMA; LAEREDIUS; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PELAGIC ZONE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REARING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPIRORCHIID; TREMATODE; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAWAII; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SPLEEN; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; TURTLES;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

CARETTACOLA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; HAPALOTREMA; HAPALOTREMA SP.; SPIRORCHIIDAE; TESTUDINES; TREMATODA;

EID: 24944500374     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-454R.1     Document Type: Article

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