Publications
| an invasive fish and the time-lagged spread of its parasite across the hawaiian archipelago. | efforts to limit the impact of invasive species are frustrated by the cryptogenic status of a large proportion of those species. half a century ago, the state of hawai'i introduced the bluestripe snapper, lutjanus kasmira, to o'ahu for fisheries enhancement. today, this species shares an intestinal nematode parasite, spirocamallanus istiblenni, with native hawaiian fishes, raising the possibility that the introduced fish carried a parasite that has since spread to naïve local hosts. here, we emp ... | 2013 | 23468894 |
| statistical reanalysis of the distinction between spirocamallanus istiblenni and s. monotaxis (nematoda: camallanidae). | in the central pacific, the nematodes spirocamallanus istiblenni and s. monotaxis (camallanidae) are common intestinal parasites of coral reef fishes. the 2 worm species are encountered in hosts in similar environments and are very similar morphologically. in recent published redescriptions. only 1 character was found to differ between the 2 species. because that character had not previously been examined among worms of this family and because the original authors did not statistically test thei ... | 2001 | 11695404 |