Ecology of metazoan parasites of ciarias gariepinus (Osteichthyes: Clariidae) from the Nwanedi-Luphephe Dams of the Limpopo River System, South Africa

African Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-243

  Madanire Moyo, G N ^a   Luus Powell, W J ^a   Olivier, P A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

abundance; metazoan parasites; prevalence; sharptooth catfish; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; METAZOAN; PARASITE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TELEOST;

LIMPOPO RIVER;

CESTODA; CHONOPELTIS; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CLARIIDAE; CONTRACAECUM; COPEPODA; CYATHOPHARYNX; DIPLOSTOMUM; GYRODACTYLUS RYSAVYI; HIRUDINIDA; LAMPROGLENA CLARIAE; MACROGYRODACTYLUS CLARII; MACROGYRODACTYLUS CONGOLENSIS; METAZOA; MONOGENEA; NEMATODA; OSTEICHTHYES; PROTEOCEPHALUS; QUADRIACANTHUS; TETRACOTYLE; TIMONIELLA;

EID: 78650525355     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/004.045.0202     Document Type: Article

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