Influence of a thermal discharge on parasites of a cold-water flatfish, Pleuronectes americanus, as a bioindicator of subtle environmental change

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1227-1230

  Khan, R A ^a   Hooper, R G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; CONDITION FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FISH; FLATFISH; HISTOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; MACROALGA; PARASITE; SCUBA DIVING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CERATOMYXA DREPANOSEPTTAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; ECTOPARASITE; ENDOPARASITE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLATFISH; GILL; GYRODACTYLUS PLEURONECTI; HISTOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; LECITHASTER GIBBOSUS; MACVICARIUS SOLEAE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLEURONECTES AMERICANUS; PLUME; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STERINGOHORUS FURCIGER; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TRICHODINA JADRANICA;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; CILIOPHORA INFECTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; FLOUNDER; GILLS; HEAT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; POWER PLANTS; SKIN; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

ALGAE; CERATOMYXA DREPANOPSETTAE; CRYPTOCOTYLE LINGUA; GYRODACTYLUS PLEURONECTI; INVERTEBRATA; LECITHASTER GIBBOSUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS; STERINGOPHORUS FURCIGER; TRICHODINA JADRANICA;

EID: 36749079862     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1089R.1     Document Type: Article

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