Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes from two Nicaraguan crater lakes

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 188-192

  González Solís, David ^a   Jiménez García, María I ^b  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE VERACRUZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Apoyo lake; Cichlids; Crater lakes; Eleotrids; Nematodes; Nicaragua; Xilo lake

Indexed keywords

AMPHILOPHUS; AMPHILOPHUS CITRINELLUS; AMPHILOPHUS XILOAENSIS; CICHLIDAE; CONTRACAECUM; ELEOTRIDAE; GOBIOMORUS DORMITOR; NANDOPSIS MANAGUENSIS; NEMATODA; PARACAPILLARIA; PISCES; PROCAMALLANUS REBECAE; RHABDOCHONA; SPIRURIDAE;

EID: 33748051404     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4195.1     Document Type: Article

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