Synchronization of occurrence of the ovarian philometrid, Philometra carolinensis, with the spawning season of its fish host, the spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1079-1085

  Perez, Gina R ^a   Roumillat, William A ^a   Levesque, Erin M ^a   Connors, Vincent A ^b   De Buron, Isaure ^c  

^a SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE   (United States)

^c Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS; EGG; ESTUARY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOST; LAMELLAR BODY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PHILOMETRA CAROLINENSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SALINITY; SPAWNING; TROUT; UNITED STATES; WATER TEMPERATURE; WORM;

ANIMALS; DRACUNCULOIDEA; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; OVARY; OVIPOSITION; PERCIFORMES; PREVALENCE; SOUTH CAROLINA; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS;

CAROLINENSIS; CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS; PHILOMETRA (NEMATODE); PHILOMETRIDAE;

EID: 62949083983     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1291-y     Document Type: Article

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