Linking environmental heterogeneity to the distribution and prevalence of Myxobolus cerebralis: A comparison across sites in a northern Utah watershed

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1176-1189

  De La Hoz Franco, Ernesto ^a   Budy, Phaedra ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HETEROGENEITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; SALMONID; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

LOGAN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMADINA FASCIATA; ANNELIDA; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKI; SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 6344292304     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T03-167.1     Document Type: Article

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