Size relationships between the parasitic copepod, Lernanthropus cynoscicola, and its fish host, Cynoscion guatucupa

Parasitology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-213

  Timi, J T ^a   Lanfranchi, A L ^a  

^a Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas Y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cynoscion guatucupa; Host size; Lernanthropus cynoscicola; Parasite size

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISH; GILL; HOST; LERNANTHROPUS CYNOSCICOLA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COPEPODA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; PERCIFORMES; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

COPEPODA; CYNOSCION GUATUCUPA; LERNANTHROPUS;

EID: 32444435006     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005008905     Document Type: Article

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