Component population study of Acanthocephalus tumescens (Acanthocephala) in fishes from Lake Moreno, Argentina
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Component population study of Acanthocephalus tumescens (Acanthocephala) in fishes from Lake Moreno, Argentina.
Seasonal samples of all fish species from Lake Moreno were taken in order to determine the presence of paratenia, to evaluate the status of the hosts and to characterise the transmission of Acanthocephalus tumescens (von Linstow, 1896) at the component population level. Prevalence, mean abundance, mean intensity, numbers of gravid females, relative abundance of the different fish species, relat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Folia Parasitologica
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0015-5683,1803-6465
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2003.013