Parasites of North American Freshwater Fishes / Glenn L. Hoffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffman, Glenn L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parasites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (560 p.) : 438 drawings, 119 photographs including 4-page color insert containing 33 illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [1999]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"A remarkable accomplishment.... [This volume] has been and will continue to be a major force advancing freshwater fish parasitology."-Ernest H. Williams Jr., from the ForewordThis thoroughly revised and updated edition of a classic reference work is the definitive guide to the identification of the parasites of freshwater fishes of North America. The book provides information on public health concerns about fish parasites, the methods used to examine fish for parasites, and those parasites found only in very selective organs or tissues. It lists the known species of each genus, along with reference citations that enable readers to find literature pertinent to species identification, life cycles, and in some cases, control. In the heart of the book, each chapter opens with a description of a phylum and its relevant families and genera, followed by a species list for those genera. Drawings illustrate a representative of each genus, and are supplemented by photographic examples.Many new parasites of North American freshwater fishes have been discovered since the publication of the first edition thirty years ago. For this new edition, the author has added new species accounts and revised the taxonomy, expanded descriptions and discussion of the most important fish parasites, provided a glossary to aid nonspecialists, and updated the reference list through 1992. The volume features twice as many illustrations as the first edition, including the addition of 33 color photographs.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword / Williams, Ernest H.

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Abbreviations

Introduction

Public Health Aspects of Fish Parasites

Methods

Some North American Fish Parasites, Listed by Location in the Fish

Brief Descriptions of the Groups of Fish Parasites

Algae and Fungi (Kingdoms Protista and Fungi)

Subkingdom Protozoa (Kingdom Protista)

Phylum Coelenterata (Cnidaria)

Phylum Platyhelminthes: Class Monogenea

Phylum Platyhelminthes: Class Trematoda (Digenea): Adults

Phylum Platyhelminthes: Class Trematoda (Digenea): Larval Forms

Phylum Platyhelminthes: Class Cestoidea

Phylum Nemathelminthes: Class Nematoda

Phylum Acanthocephala Rudolphi, 1808 (Thorny-Headed Worms)

Phylum Annelida: Class Hirudinea (Leeches)

Phylum Arthropoda: Class Crustacea: Subclass Branchiura, Orders Copepoda and Isopoda

Miscellaneous Parasites and Other Pathogens, Including Turbellaria

Fish Parasites Found in or on Other Animals

Predators

Fish and Parasite Checklist

Miscellaneous Fishes: Parasites of Ornamental, Tropical, and Brackish Water to Marine Fishes

Chemotherapy and Prophylaxis of Parasitic Diseases of Fishes

References

Glossary of Fish Parasitology Terms

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5017-3505-5

OCLC:

1129184262