Feeding of sea lampreys Petromyzon marinus on minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata in the St Lawrence Estuary, Canada

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 338-343

  Nichols, O C ^a,b   Tscherter, U T ^c  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c Ocean Research and Education Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anadromous; Blood; Cetaceans; Host; Marine; Parasite

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MINKE WHALE; PARASITOLOGY; PETROMYZON; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CANADA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MINKE WHALE; PETROMYZON;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; PETROMYZON MARINUS; SEA LAMPREYS;

EID: 78651426100     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02842.x     Document Type: Article

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