Helminths and protozoans of aquatic organisms as bioindicators or chemical pollution

Parassitologia

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-184

  Vidal Martinez, V M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystems; Bioindicators; Environmental parasitology; Fish parasites; Long term data sets; Spatially explicit data

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FISH DISEASE; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOA; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 45549089038     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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