Effects of the swimbladder parasite Anguillicola crassus on the migration of European silver eels Anguilla anguilla in the Baltic Sea

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2158-2170

  Sjoberg N B ^a,b   Petersson, E ^a,c   Wickstrom H ^a   Hansson, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Parasite incidence; Parasite infestation; Parasite prevalence; Swimming speed; Tagging experiment; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

AIR SAC; ANIMAL; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; DRACUNCULUS; EEL; FISH DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SWEDEN;

AIR SACS; ANGUILLA; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DRACUNCULOIDEA; FISH DISEASES; SWEDEN;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS;

EID: 68349133199     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02296.x     Document Type: Article

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