Host-based identification is not supported by morphometrics in natural populations of Gyrodactylus salaris and G. thymalli (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea)

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2041-2052

  Olstad, K ^a   Shinn, A P ^b   Bachmann, L ^a   Bakke, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Grayling; Morphology; Salmo salar; Systematics; Thymallus thymallus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; ECTOPARASITE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GYRODACTYLUS SALARIS; GYRODACTYLUS THYMALLI; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PLATYHELMINTHS; SALMONIDAE;

GYRODACTYLIDAE; GYRODACTYLUS SALARIS; MONOGENEA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SALMO SALAR; THYMALLUS THYMALLUS;

EID: 36049008128     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007003332     Document Type: Article

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