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Biology And Impacts Of Leech Infestation In Largemouth Bass (Micropterus Salmoides) In Back Bay, Virginia, Amanda Nicole Pomposini
Biology And Impacts Of Leech Infestation In Largemouth Bass (Micropterus Salmoides) In Back Bay, Virginia, Amanda Nicole Pomposini
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Back Bay is an oligohaline coastal bay in Southeast Virginia, USA. The Oregon Inlet along the Outer Banks of North Carolina is the only significant salinity source to the Bay via the Pamlico and Currituck Sounds of North Carolina. Today Back Bay is considered a brackish ecosystem with salinity of 2004, leeches have been observed in the oral cavities of Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) in Back Bay. Leeches (Myzobdella lugubris) have previously been documented in the oral cavities of largemouth bass in the Currituck Sound. In 2009, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) …