Parasite Fauna of Pink Salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ) of the Bella Coola River, Central British Columbia, During Their Early Sea Life

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Author: Boyce, Norbert P. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1969
• Subjects: General Medicine; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-079; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f69-079

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.