Parasite Fauna of Pink Salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ) of the Bella Coola River, Central British Columbia, During Their Early Sea Life
The acquisition of parasites by pink salmon during their initial phase of marine life is described. The parasites found were the trematodes Lecithaster gibbosus, Parahemiurus merus, and Pentagramma petrowi, the cestode Phyllobothrium sp. larva, and the nematode Contracaecum sp. larva. An attempt is...
| Published in: | Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1969
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-079 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f69-079 |
| Summary: | The acquisition of parasites by pink salmon during their initial phase of marine life is described. The parasites found were the trematodes Lecithaster gibbosus, Parahemiurus merus, and Pentagramma petrowi, the cestode Phyllobothrium sp. larva, and the nematode Contracaecum sp. larva. An attempt is made to account for the occurrence of the more predominant species, particularly the trematode L. gibbosus. |
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