Monogenoids from freshwater fish in Italy, with comments on alien species

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 264-272

  Galli, Paolo ^a   Strona, Giovanni ^a   Benzoni, Francesca ^a   Crosa, Giuseppe ^b   Stefani, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alien parasites; Introduced species; Italy; Monogenoidea

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547728682     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4281.1     Document Type: Article

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