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Behavioural adaptations of argulid parasites (Crustacea: Branchiura) to major challenges in their life cycle

Fish lice (Argulus spp.) are obligate ectoparasites, which contrary to most aquatic parasites, retain the ability to swim freely throughout the whole of their life. In fish farms, they can quickly increase in numbers and without effective control cause argulosis, which results in the reduced growth...

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Autores principales: Mikheev, V.N., Pasternak, A.F., Valtonen, E.T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4513377/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26205259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1005-0

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