Influence of environmental changes in the north-western Atlantic Ocean on a parasite, Echinorhynchus gadi (Acanthocephala) of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) occurring off coastal Labrador, Canada

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 203-209

  Khan, R A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECHINORHYNCHUS GADI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH DISEASES; GADUS MORHUA; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; ECHINORHYNCHUS GADI; GADUS MORHUA; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 55949132378     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X0897615X     Document Type: Article

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