The occurrence of Anguillicola crassus (Kuwahar, Nimi, and Hagaki, 1974), an introduced nematode, in an unexploited western Irish eel population

Biology and Environment

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-18

  Morrissey, M ^a   McCarthy, T K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS;

EID: 34548076093     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/BIOE.2007.107.1.13     Document Type: Article

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