Distribution and abundance of the salmonid parasite Parvicapsula minibicornis (Myxozoa) in the Klamath River basin (Oregon-California, USA)

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-146

  Bartholomew, Jerri L ^a   Atkinson, Stephen D ^a   Hallett, Sascha L ^a   Zielinski, Christopher M ^a   Foott, J Scott ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Distribution; Klamath River Basin; Myxosporea; Parvicapsula minibicorni; Salmonid parasite

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; INVERTEBRATE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PARASITE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALMONID; SPORE;

CALIFORNIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRON GATE RESERVOIR; KLAMATH BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRINITY RIVER [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERATOMYXA SHASTA; INVERTEBRATA; MANAYUNKIA SPECIOSA; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PARVICAPSULA; PARVICAPSULA MINIBICORNIS; POLYCHAETA; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN SPORE; PROTOZOON; RAINBOW TROUT; RIVER; SALMON; SALMONID; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; FISH DISEASES; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; OREGON; POLYCHAETA; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RIVERS; SALMON; SALMONIDAE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

EID: 40749153571     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01877     Document Type: Article

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