| metazoan parasite infection in the swordfish, xiphias gladius, from the mediterranean sea and comparison with atlantic populations: implications for its stock characterization. | thirteen parasite taxa were identified in the mediterranean swordfish by morphological and genetic/molecular methods. the comparison of the identified parasite taxa and parasitic infection values observed in the mediterranean swordfish showed statistically significant differences with respect to those reported for its atlantic populations. a stepwise linear discriminant analysis of the individual fish examined showed a separation among three groups: one including fish from the mediterranean sea ... | 2014 | 25057787 |