Parasites of Fish in the Upper Snake River Drainage and in Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming

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Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Bangham, Ralph V.

Source:

Zoologica, New York Zoological Society, Volume 36, Number 3, p.213-217 (1951)

Keywords:

animal studies; animals; checklist; fish; jackson hole; natural history; natural resource management; parasites; Snake River; trout; Oncorhynchusnidae; Westslope cutthroat trout; Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi; wildlife health; Yellowstone Lake; general wildl

Abstract:

During July and part of August in the seasons of 1949 and 1950 a study was made of fish parasites in the Jackson Hole area and in Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming. In the two periods 2,535 fish belonging to 14 different species were examined and 2,351 or 92.3% carried at least one species of parasite. Many of these fish were obtained by seining. The small number of species obtained and the fact that there were not many different types of habitats limited the numbers of various parasite species.

Notes:

Found at Yellowstone Research LibraryNatureBib ID: 89746