Parasites of fishes in the Colorado River and selected tributaries in Grand Canyon, Arizona

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-127

  Linder, Chad M ^a   Cole, Rebecca A ^a,b   Hoffnagle, Timothy L ^a,c   Persons, Bill ^a,d   Choudhury, Anindo ^a,e   Haro, Roger ^a   Sterner, Mauritz ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e ST NORBERT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; FISH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PARASITE PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

ACHTHERES; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BOTHRIOCEPHALUS ACHEILOGNATHI; CARYOPHYLLIDEA; CONTRACAECUM; CORALLOBOTHRIUM FIMBRIATUM; DACTYLOGYRUS; ERGASILUS; FISH; GILA CYPHA; HENNEGUYA EXILIS; KATHLANIIDAE; LERNAEA CYPRINACEA; LIGICTALURIDUS FLORIDANUS; MEGATHYLACOIDES GIGANTEUM; MIXIDIUM; MYZOBDELLA LUGUBRIS; NONHUMAN; OCTOMACRUM; ORNITHODIPLOSTOMUM; PARASITE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POSTHODIPLOSTOMUM; RHABDOCHONA; RIVER; TRUTTAEDACNITIS TRUTTAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; CNIDARIA; CYPRINIDAE; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; ICTALURIDAE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PLATYHELMINTHS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ARIZONA; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; GRAND CANYON; UNITED STATES;

ACHTHERES; BOTHRIOCEPHALUS ACHEILOGNATHI; GILA CYPHA; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; KATHLANIIDAE; MYXIDIUM SP.; OCTOMACRUM; ORNITHODIPLOSTOMUM; PISCES;

EID: 84857861975     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2538.1     Document Type: Article

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