| the distribution of the introduced tapeworm bothriocephalus acheilognathi in australian freshwater fishes. | native and exotic fishes were collected from 29 sites across coastal and inland new south wales, queensland and victoria, using a range of techniques, to infer the distribution of bothriocephalus acheilognathi (cestoda: pseudophyllidea) and the host species in which it occurs. the distribution of b. acheilognathi was determined by that of its principal host, carp, cyprinus carpio; it did not occur at sites where carp were not present. the parasite was recorded from all native fish species where ... | 2000 | 10881282 |
| endocrine disruption in male mosquitofish (gambusia holbrooki) inhabiting wetlands in western australia. | the use of gonopodial indices as potential indicators of endocrine disruption in the mosquitofish gambusia holbrooki inhabiting south west australian wetlands was investigated. a minimum of 50 mature males was collected from each of five water-bodies in the swan coastal plain, western australia, in order to measure morphological features related to reproduction. a set of morphological measurements were used to derive the following indices: gonopodium length/standard body length, pre-anal length/ ... | 2006 | 17080314 |