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Parasite and genetic diversity of big-scale sand smelt (Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810) populations in their natural and expansion ranges in Ukraine.
Parasitology research - 6 Mar 2024
Kvach Yuriy, Kutsokon Yuliya, Bakuma Alla, Chebotar Sabina, Demchenko Viktor, Didenko Alexander, Snigirov Sergii, Yuryshynets Volodymyr
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The big-scale sand smelt (Atherina boyeri) is an Atlanto-Mediterranean amphidromous fish species found within the Black Sea. Here, we assess differences in the parasite fauna of big-scale sand smelt populations from their natural range in the northwestern Black Sea and from their expansion range in the Lower and Middle River Dnipro. In addition, we undertook a microsatellite analysis to assess the genetic...
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