Effect of isopod parasite, Cymothoa indica on gobiid fish, Oxyurichthys microlepis from Parangipettai coastal waters (South-east coast of India)

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-256

  Ravi, V ^a   Rajkumar, M ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Gill surface; Gross lesions; Isopod fish parasite; Loss of weight; Reduction

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOPOD; JUVENILE; PARASITISM; PERCIFORM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMOTHOA INDICA; FISH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INDIA; INFESTATION; ISOPODA; NONHUMAN; OXYURICHTHYS MICROLEPIS; PARASITISM; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; PARANGIPETTAI; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

CYMOTHOA INDICA; GOBIIDAE; OXYURICHTHYS MICROLEPIS; PISCES;

EID: 34247093924     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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