Condition status and parasite infection of Neogobius kessleri and N. melanostomus (Gobiidae) in their native and non-native area of distribution of the Danube River

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 857-866

  Ondračková, Markéta ^a,b   Francová, Kateřina ^a,b   Dávidová, Martina ^b   Polačik, Matej ^a   Jurajda, Pavel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Apollonia melanostoma; Danube River; Fish introductions; Parasite; Ponto Caspian gobies

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INFECTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PARASITE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIVER SYSTEM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

DANUBE RIVER; RHINE RIVER;

APOLLONIA; APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIIDAE; MELANOSTOMA; NEOGOBIUS KESSLERI;

EID: 77954456847     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-010-0716-0     Document Type: Article

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