An introduced parasite, lernaea cyprinacea L., found on native freshwater fishes in the south west of Western Australia

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-153

  Marina, H ^a,b   Beatty, S J ^a   Morgan, D L ^a   Doupe R G ^a,c   Lymbery, A J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Freshwater fish; Lernaea; Parasite; Western australia

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; CYPRINID; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PARASITE INFESTATION; PATHOGENICITY; SKIN;

AUSTRALIA; CANNING RIVER [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BOSTOCKIA POROSA; CARASSIUS AURATUS; COPEPODA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; EDELIA VITTATA; GALAXIAS OCCIDENTALIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; LERNAEA; LERNAEA CYPRINACEA; PHALLOCEROS CAUDIMACULATUS; PISCES; TANDANUS;

EID: 77953762319     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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