Infection of newly recruited American eels (Anguilla rostrata) by the invasive swimbladder parasite Anguillicoloides crassus in a US Atlantic tidal creek.

Jennifer L. Hein1, Isaure de Buron2, William A. Roumillat1, William C. Post1, Allan P. Hazel1, and Stephen A. Arnott1* South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resources Research Institute, 217 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29422, USA Department of Biology, College of Charleston, 58 Coming St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA *Corresponding author: tel: +1 843 953 9794; fax: +1 843 953 9820; e-mail: arnotts@dnr.sc.gov