Ecological implications of Echinorhynchus gadi parasitism of Baltic cod ( Gadus morhua)
Of 533 Baltic cod (body length 21–93 cm) 530 were infected with Echinorhynchus gadi at infection intensities from 1 to 490 per host. The heavy infection of large cod (normally not feeding on amphipods) may be explained by a transfer of parasites from prey fishes to the predating large cod.
| Published in: | Journal of Fish Biology |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1995
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1995.tb05995.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.1995.tb05995.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1995.tb05995.x |
| Summary: | Of 533 Baltic cod (body length 21–93 cm) 530 were infected with Echinorhynchus gadi at infection intensities from 1 to 490 per host. The heavy infection of large cod (normally not feeding on amphipods) may be explained by a transfer of parasites from prey fishes to the predating large cod. |
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