Seasonality of metazoan ectoparasites in marine European flounder Platichthys flesus (Teleostei: Pleuronectidae)

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 855-865

  Cavaleiro, F I ^a,b   Santos, M J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Epizooties; Metazoan ectoparasites; Platichthys flesus; Seasonal occurrence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECTOPARASITE; ESTUARINE SPECIES; FLATFISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; COPEPODA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FISH DISEASES; FLATFISHES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; ISOPODA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PORTUGAL; SEASONS;

ACANTHOCHONDRIA CORNUTA; BOMOLOCHIDAE; CALIGIDAE; CALIGUS; CHONDRACANTHIDAE; COPEPODA; CYMOTHOIDAE; GNATHIIDAE; HOLOBOMOLOCHUS CONFUSUS; ISOPODA; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS PECTORALIS; METAZOA; NEROCILA ORBIGNYI; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTIDAE; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PRANIZA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 67749120351     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200900626X     Document Type: Article

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