Acanthostomoides apophalliformis (Trematoda: Cryptogonimidae) does not cause detectable mortality in Galaxias maculatus (Teleostomi: Galaxiidae)

The present study was conducted to determine if parasite induced mortality existed in a "puyen" population in Moreno Lake, southern Argentina. Data on both parasite abundance and degree of aggregation of parasite frequency distribution showed the absence of fish mortality induced by A. apo...

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Main Authors: Jorge E. Revenga, Patricio F. Torres, Ines Siegmund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2006-09-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132006000600004