Occurrence of the parasitic sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, on western North Atlantic right whales, Eubalaena glacialis

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 413-417

  Nichols, Owen C ^a   Hamilton, Philip K ^b  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; cetacean; distribution; ectoparasite; host

Indexed keywords

ECTOPARASITE; FISH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; PETROMYZON MARINUS; PETROMYZONTIDAE; SEA LAMPREYS;

EID: 9644270322     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-004-0776-5     Document Type: Article

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