First report of the Asian fish tapeworm in the Great Lakes

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 566-569

  Marcogliese, David J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bluntnose minnow; Bothriocephalus acheilognathi; Introduction; Lake Erie

Indexed keywords

FISH;

BLUNTNOSE MINNOW; BOTHRIOCEPHALUS ACHEILOGNATHI; DETROIT RIVER; GREAT LAKES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INTRODUCTION; LAKE ERIE; WEIGHT LOSS;

LAKES;

DISEASE; FISH; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PARASITE; PATHOGEN;

DETROIT RIVER; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

BOTHRIOCEPHALUS ACHEILOGNATHI; CESTODA; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM; PIMEPHALES NOTATUS; PISCES;

EID: 53649093236     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2008)34[566:FROTAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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