An Updated Look at Elasmobranchs as Hosts of Metazoan Parasites

Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 547-578

  Caira, Janine N ^a   Healy, Claire J ^b   Jensen, Kirsten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/b11867-27     Document Type: Chapter

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