Influence of the seasonal and environmental patterns and host reproduction on the metazoan parasites of Prochilodus lineatus

One hundred and forty-eight specimens of Prochilodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1836) were collected on the Upper Paraná River floodplain, Brazil. Kritskyia boegeri presented significant differences in the abundance according to the host stage of gonadal maturity. Ergasilus sp. presented negative corre...

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Main Authors: Maria de los Angeles Perez Lizama, Ricardo Massato Takemoto, Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2006-07-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132006000500011