Parasite inventories and DNA-based taxonomy: Lessons from Helminths of freshwater fishes in a megadiverse country

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 236-244

  De Len, Gerardo Prez Ponce ^a   Choudhury, Anindo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b ST NORBERT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; AQUATIC FAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CESTODE; DNA DETERMINATION; FRESHWATER FISH; HELMINTH; HYDROLOGY; METACERCARIA; METACESTODE; MEXICO; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; MEXICO;

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); CESTODA; MONOGENEA; NEMATODA; PISCES; TREMATODA; VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77950404058     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2239.1     Document Type: Note

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