Anguillicola crassus infection in Anguilla rostrata from small tributaries of the Hudson River watershed, New York, USA

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-45

  Machut, L S ^a,b   Limburg, K E ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b United States Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

Anguilla rostrata; Anguillicola crassus; Barriers; Parasite; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EEL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODE; PARASITE INFESTATION; RIVER WATER; WATERSHED;

AIR SAC; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; EEL; FISH DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RIVER; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

AIR SACS; ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FISH DISEASES; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; RIVERS; SPIRURIDA; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; URBANIZATION;

HUDSON RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 42249094194     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01901     Document Type: Article

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