Potential interactions between metazoan parasites of the Mayan catfish Ariopsis assimilis and chemical pollution in Chetumal Bay, Mexico.

VM, Vidal-Martínez; VM, Vidal-Martínez; ML, Aguirre-Macedo; E, Noreña-Barroso; G, Gold-Bouchot; PI, Caballero-Pinzón

doi:10.1079/joh2002158

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Potential interactions between metazoan parasites of the Mayan catfish Ariopsis assimilis and chemical pollution in Chetumal Bay, Mexico.

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Vidal-Martínez VM

Aguirre-Macedo ML

Abstract

The effect of pollutants on the intensity of infection of metazoan parasites in the Mayan catfish, Ariopsis assimilis was investigated. Data were collected on pollutants and metazoan parasites from 76 catfish from five localities in Chetumal Bay in October, 1996. Nineteen pollutants (pesticides, pol...

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