Geographic Variation in Incidence of Trematode Parasites of American Plaice ( Hippoglossoides platessoides ) in the Northwest Atlantic
The digenetic trematodes Steringotrema ovacutum, Zoogonoides viciparus, Derogenes varicus, Lecithaster gihbosus, Fellodistomum furcigerum, and Stenakron vetustum were common in American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) from the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Scotian Shelf, and northeast Gulf of...
| 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
1975
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f75-068 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f75-068 |
| Summary: | The digenetic trematodes Steringotrema ovacutum, Zoogonoides viciparus, Derogenes varicus, Lecithaster gihbosus, Fellodistomum furcigerum, and Stenakron vetustum were common in American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) from the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Scotian Shelf, and northeast Gulf of Maine in the summers of 1971 and 1972. Levels of incidence of the trematodes in different areas within the region are compared. Steringotrema ovacutum, Z. viviparus, and F. furcigerum may be useful as biological indicators in plaice in the Northwest Atlantic. |
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