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Acanthostomoides apophalliformis (Trematoda: Cryptogonimidae) does not cause detectable mortality in Galaxias maculatus (Teleostomi: Galaxiidae)

The present study was conducted to determine if parasite induced mortality existed in a "puyen" population in Moreno Lake, southern Argentina. Data on both parasite abundance and degree of aggregation of parasite frequency distribution showed the absence of fish mortality induced by A. apophalliformis.

Galaxias maculatus; Acanthostomoides apophalliformis; parasite-induced host mortality


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