Helminth community structure of four species of Lepomis (osteichthyes: centrarchidae) from an oligohaline estuary in southeastern Louisiana

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 24-30

  Fiorillo, Riccardo A ^a   Font, William F ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrarchidae; Community; Estuary; Helminth; Lepomis; Louisiana; Parasite; Site selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042865181     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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