The sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.): A peripatetic host of Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda: Caligidae)?

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 163-165

  Pert, C C ^a   Urquhart, K ^a   Bricknell, I R ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIGIDAE; COPEPODA; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 33749666294     PISSN: 01080288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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