Infection by Anguillicoloides crassus in a riverine stock of European eel, Anguilla anguilla

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 485-492

  Costa Dias, S ^a,b   Dias, E ^a   Lobon Cervia J ^b   Antunes, C ^a   Coimbra, J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Nematode; Parasite; River; Swimbladder; Wild stock

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODE; PARASITE;

EUROPE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 78149390958     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2010.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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