Parasites of native and exotic freshwater fishes in south-western Australia

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1770-1785

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

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exotic invaders; Habitat disturbance; Parasite diversity; Parasite release hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; FISH; FISH DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; RIVER;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; PARASITES; RIVERS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

LERNAEA CYPRINACEA; LIGULA INTESTINALIS; PISCES;

EID: 77953768769     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02615.x     Document Type: Article

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