Intestinal pH profile in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss and microhabitat preference of the flagellate Spironucleus salmonis (Diplomonadida)

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 241-249

  Fard, M Reza Saghari ^a,b   Weisheit, Claudia ^a,b   Poynton, Sarah L ^b,c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diplomonad flagellate; Intestinal tract; Microhabitat preference; Oncoryhnchus mykiss; pH profile; Rainbow trout; Spironucleus salmonis

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLATE; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROHABITAT; PH; POPULATION DENSITY; SALMONID; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

DIPLOMONADIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SPIRONUCLEUS SALMONIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FISH DISEASE; FLAGELLATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE INFECTION; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARASITOLOGY; PH; RAINBOW TROUT; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTION;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BODY SIZE; DIPLOMONADIDA; FISH DISEASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 35748947745     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao076241     Document Type: Article

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