Is the continental life of the European eel Anguilla anguilla affected by the parasitic invader Anguillicoloides crassus?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1754, 2013, Pages

  Lefebvre, François ^a,c   Fazio, Géraldine ^c   Mounaix, Béatrice ^b,d   Crivelli, Alain J ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b Fish Pass   (France)

^c not available   (France)

^d Institut de l'Elevage   (France)

Author keywords

Anguillicolosis; Fitness cost; Host parasite interaction; Life history traits; Pathogenicity; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; EEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FITNESS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEMATODE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 84878376222     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2916     Document Type: Article

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