Ecology of the community of metazoan parasites of tamboatá Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828) (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from Guandu river, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;Ecologia da comunidade de metazoários parasitos do tamboatá Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828) (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) do rio Guandu, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Acta Scientiarum - Biological Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 413-419

  Abdallah, Vanessa Doro ^a   De Azevedo, Rodney Kozlowiski ^a   Luque, José Luis ^a  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Guandu river; Hoplosternum littorale; Parasites; Tamboat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; SILURIFORMES;

CALLICHTHYIDAE; GLOSSIPHONIIDAE; HOPLOSTERNUM LITTORALE; METAZOA; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 34547875431     PISSN: 16799283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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