To Swim or Not to Swim: Potential Transmission of Balaenophilus manatorum (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) in Marine Turtles

Species of Balaenophilus are the only harpacticoid copepods that exhibit a widespread, obligate association with vertebrates, i.e., B. unisetus with whales and B. manatorum with marine turtles and manatees. In the western Mediterranean, juveniles of the loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta are the...

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Autores principales: Domènech, Francesc, Tomás, Jesús, Crespo-Picazo, José Luis, García-Párraga, Daniel, Raga, Juan Antonio, Aznar, Francisco Javier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5256940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28114412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170789

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5256940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28114412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170789

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