Parasites, diet and stable isotopes of shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius) from Frobisher Bay, Canada

Parasite

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 297-304

  Dick, Terry ^a   Chambers, C ^a   Gallagher, C P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Myoxocephalus scorpius; Parasites; Shorthorn sculpin; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); AMPHIPODA; ECHINORHYNCHUS GADI; MYOXOCEPHALUS; MYOXOCEPHALUS SCORPIUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLLUSC; ORGAN SIZE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYCHAETA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANNELIDA; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; MOLLUSCA; ORGAN SIZE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 77951647583     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2009164297     Document Type: Article

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