Parasite Fauna of Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) of the Bella Coola River, Central British Columbia, During Their Early Sea Life
- 1 April 1969
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
- Vol. 26 (4) , 813-820
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f69-079
Abstract
The acquisition of parasites by pink salmon during their initial phase of marine life is described. The parasites found were the trematodes Lecithaster gibbosus, Parahemiurus merus, and Pentagramma petrowi, the cestode Phyllobothrium sp. larva, and the nematode Contracaecum sp. larva. An attempt is made to account for the occurrence of the more predominant species, particularly the trematode L. gibbosus.Keywords
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