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   Invasion of a South African Anguilla mossambica (Anguillidae) opulation by the alien gill worm Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae (Monogenea)

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Denham Parker --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa Olaf L.F. Weyl --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa Horst Taraschewski --- Zoologisches Institut (Ökologie/Parasitologie), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Kornblumenstrasse 13, Germany

   The parasitic gill monogenean Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae is alien to Africa. In an investigation of 227 longfin eel, Anguilla mossambica, and 26 mottled eel, Anguilla marmorata, sampled from four river systems in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, this parasite was only...

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   Seasonal variance in water quality, trace metals and infection variables of Cichlidogyrus philander Douëllou, 1993 (Monogenea, Ancyrocephalidae) infecting the gills of Pseudocrenilabrus philander (Weber, 1897) in the Padda Dam, South Africa

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Patience C Igeh --- , South Africa Beric M Gilbert --- , South Africa Annemariè Avenant-Oldewage --- , South Africa

   Increasing awareness of deteriorating health of aquatic ecosystems, as a result of human activities, has led to the suggestion that fish host-parasite relationships are possible bioindicators of environmental pollution. This study examined the impact of water quality and trace elements...

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