Prevalence of parasitism in the Grotto Sculpin (Cottus specus), a new species of cave-adapted fish from southeastern Missouri, USA
Acanthocephalan parasites infecting the newly described Grotto Sculpin (Cottus specus), a state-threatened and federally endangered troglomorphic fish endemic to Perry County, Missouri, were identified in fish from six cave and four non-cave karst streams. Infection rate and infestation severity wer...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2014-01-01
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Series: | Subterranean Biology |
Online Access: | http://subtbiol.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=1312 |