Ecological aspects of the occurrence of asian tapeworm, Bothriocephalus acheilognathi Yamaguti, 1934 infection in the largemouth yellowfish, Labeobarbus kimberleyensis (Gilchrist and Thompson, 1913) in the Vaal Dam, South Africa

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 32, Issue 15-18, 2007, Pages 1384-1390

  Retief, N R ^a   Avenant Oldewage, A ^a   du Preez, H H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b Hydrobiology Section   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bothriocephalus acheilognathi; Labeobarbus kimberlyensis; Largemouth yellowfish; Tapeworm; Vaal Dam

Indexed keywords

DAMS; ECOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY;

PARASITE; TAPEWORM; WATER TEMPERATURE;

FISH;

ABUNDANCE; FISH; FLATWORM; GROWTH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BOTHRIOCEPHALUS ACHEILOGNATHI; CESTODA;

EID: 34548572731     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2007.07.044     Document Type: Article

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