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Prevalence of the parasitic cymothoid isopod Anilocra nemipteri on its fish host at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef

Date

Authors

Roche, Dominique

Strong, Laura E.

Binning, Sandra

Publisher

CSIRO Publishing

Abstract

Parasites are ubiquitous in nature but assessing their prevalence in wild fish populations is often challenging due to their cryptic nature. Low abundance can also hinder detailed studies. Here, we report a relatively high prevalence (4.3%; range≤0-28%)

Keywords

Keywords: crypsis; ectoparasite; fish; infectious disease; isopod; parasite prevalence; size structure; survivorship; swimming; wild population; Auckland; Australia; Great Barrier Island; Lizard Island; New Zealand; North Island; Queensland; Anilocra; Cymothoidae; parasite prevalence; Scolopsis bilineatus.

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/65277

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Australian Journal of Zoology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1071/ZO12130

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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