Short communicationMass leech infestation of sculpin fish in Lake Baikal, with clarification of disease-prone species and parasite taxonomy
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Acknowledgements
We appreciate the help of Igor Klimenkov, Igor Khanaev, Olga Popova and Christian Boedeker for their contribution to data collection. Special thanks to Igor Khanaev for consulting on sculpin identification. This research was supported by grant #14-04-00345 from Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR).
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