Spatio-temporal dynamics of the nematode Anguillicola crassus in Northeast Tunisian lagoons

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 329, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 785-789

  Gargouri Ben Abdallah, Lamia ^a   Maamouri, Fadhila ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Anguillicola crassus; Lagoon; Mean intensity; Nematode; Parasite; Prevalence; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

EEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LAGOON; NEMATODE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LAGOON; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPRING; SUMMER; TUNISIA; WINTER;

AFRICA; BIZERTA LAGOON; BIZERTE; ICHKEUL LAKE; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS;

EID: 33749263382     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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