Community ecology of the metazoan parasites of snoek Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791) (Perciformes: Gempylidae) off South Africa

The parasite assemblage of snoek Thyrsites atun, a commercially important fish in the Benguela system, was examined over a one-year period. In all, 16 parasite taxa including eight new host records (Bolbosoma vasculosum, Caligus coryphaenae, Caligus dakari, Corynosoma australe, Hatschekia conifera,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	African journal of marine science Jg. 38; H. 3; S. 363 - 371
Hauptverfasser:	Nunkoo, MAI, Reed, CC, Kerwath, SE
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Grahamstown Taylor & Francis 23.09.2016 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Schlagworte:	Bolbosoma vasculosum Caligus Caligus coryphaenae Community ecology Community structure Corynosoma australe Endoparasites Feeding behavior fish food webs Gempylidae Hatschekia helminths host traits larvae Marine Metazoa Multivariate analysis nestedness new host records Nothobomolochus parasite infracommunity Parasites Perciformes population structure Pseudoterranova Rhadinorhynchus cadenati Seasonal variations South Africa species diversity Species richness Tentacularia coryphaenae Thyrsites atun South Africa
ISSN:	1814-232X, 1814-2338, 1814-2338
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