Geographic variation in composition of metazoan parasite infracommunities in Galaxias maculatus Jenyns 1842 (Osmeriformes: Galaxiidae) in southern Chile (38-47° S)

Abstract Galaxias maculatus is an abundant freshwater fish species in Chilean continental waters where it plays important ecological functions, yet few parasitological records of this species exist in Chile and all of them cover a very limited geographic range. The objective of this study was to ass...

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Main Authors: Mario George-Nascimento, Ruby López-Rodríguez, Konrad Górski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:Revista Chilena de Historia Natural
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40693-020-00090-z