Relation between the relative condition factor (Kn) and the abundance of gill ectoparasites in two species of cichlids from the Paraná river basin, Brazil;Relação entre fator de condição relativo (Kn) e abundância de ectoparasitos de brânquias, em duas espécies de ciclídeos da bacia do rio Paraná, Brasil

Acta Scientiarum - Biological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 213-217

  Yamada, Fábio Hideki ^a   Takemoto, Ricardo Massato ^a   Pavanelli, Gilberto Cezar ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crenicichla niederleinii; Paran river; Parasite; Relative condition factor; Satanoperca pappaterra

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CICHLID; ECTOPARASITE; FLOODPLAIN; GILL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METACERCARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; RIVER;

ASCOCOTYLE; CICHLIDAE; CRENICICHLA; MONOGENEA; SATANOPERCA PAPPATERRA; SCIADICLEITHRUM;

EID: 47949091845     PISSN: 16799283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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