The distribution and biology of the cestode Eubothrium parvum in capelin, Mallotus villosus, (Pallas) in the Barents Sea, and its use as a biological tag

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Author: Kennedy, C. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1979
• Subjects: Balsfjord; Barents Sea; Kola Peninsula; Murmansk; Norway; kola peninsula; North Norway; Copepods; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1979.tb03585.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.1979.tb03585.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1979.tb03585.x

Samples of Eubothrium parvum were obtained from capelin Mallotus villosus at 55 stations throughout the Barents Sea and from Balsfjord, North Norway. The parasite is distributed widely throughout the Barents Sea, but both incidence and intensity of infection are higher in the regions off Murmansk an...