Search Results - "Reed, Cecile"
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Life in a rock pool: Radiation and population genetics of myxozoan parasites in hosts inhabiting restricted spaces
Published in PloS one (21-03-2018)“…Intertidal rock pools where fish and invertebrates are in constant close contact due to limited space and water level fluctuations represent ideal conditions…”
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A review of parasite studies of commercially important marine fishes in sub-Saharan Africa
Published in Parasitology (01-01-2015)“…Scattered records of parasitic species infecting commercially important marine fishes in sub-Saharan Africa are known from just a few countries where concerted…”
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Protected and un-protected urban wetlands have similar aquatic macroinvertebrate communities: A case study from the Cape Flats Sand Fynbos region of southern Africa
Published in PloS one (29-05-2020)“…Rapid urbanisation has led to major landscape alterations, affecting aquatic ecosystems' hydrological and biogeochemical cycles, and biodiversity. Thus,…”
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Shark parasites as bio-indicators of metals in two South African embayments
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (15-03-2016)“…Concentrations of metals in the tissues of the sharks Callorhinchus capensis, Rhinobatos annulatus and Rhinobatos blochii collected in False Bay and Saldanha…”
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Stock discrimination of South African sardine (Sardinops sagax) using a digenean parasite biological tag
Published in Fisheries research (01-04-2015)“…•We assessed the spatial and temporal variation in infection of Sardinops sagax, by a “tetracotyle” type metacercarial parasite, to test the hypothesis that…”
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Parasite community structure as a predictor of host population structure: An example using Callorhinchus capensis
Published in International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife (01-04-2019)“…This paper describes the parasite community structure of the Cape elephant fish or St Joseph shark (Callorhinchus capensis) caught off the West and South Coast…”
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First Account of the Metazoan Parasite Fauna of Oilfish Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1829 (Perciformes: Gempylidae) in South African Waters
Published in African zoology (02-10-2017)“…Parasites are an important but neglected component of ecosystems that can be used as indicators of host biology and ecology. In the present study, the metazoan…”
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Incorporating parasite data in population structure studies of South African sardine Sardinops sagax
Published in Parasitology (01-01-2015)“…A multidisciplinary approach has been applied to examine the population structure of sardine Sardinops sagax off South Africa, where this species supports…”
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Morphology and phylogeny of two new species of Sphaeromyxa Thélohan, 1892 (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) from marine fish (Clinidae and Trachichthyidae)
Published in Parasitology (01-04-2015)“…Our survey of marine fish from South Africa and Indonesia revealed the presence of two new myxosporean species of the genus Sphaeromyxa for which we provide…”
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Four new myxozoans (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) from intertidal fishes along the south coast of Africa
Published in Folia parasitologica (01-11-2007)“…Current records of marine myxozoans from the coast of Africa are limited to the descriptions of 52 species from mostly Senegal, with a few from Tunisia and…”
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Habitat associations and distribution of the hyperbenthic shrimp, Nauticaris marionis, around the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands
Published in Deep-sea research. Part I, Oceanographic research papers (01-09-2017)“…The association of organisms with particular habitats and habitat-forming organisms, can strongly influence species distributions, interactions and wider…”
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The negative impacts of fire on the resurrection ecology of invertebrates from temporary wetlands in Cape Flats Sand Fynbos in the Western Cape, South Africa
Published in Austral ecology (01-11-2019)“…Fire is an important environmental disturbance in Mediterranean‐climate regions; however, its intensity and frequency are predicted to increase under climate…”
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Pseudalataspora vanderlingeni n. sp. (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) from gall bladders of the Cape hakes Merluccius capensis Castelnau, and M. paradoxus Franca (Teleostei: Merlucciidae)
Published in Zootaxa (10-10-2018)“…A new species of myxosporean parasite is described from the gall bladders of the hakes Merluccius capensis Castelnau and M. paradoxus Franca (Pisces:…”
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Are Cape Peninsula baboons raiding their way to obesity and type II diabetes? - a comparative study
Published in Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology (01-12-2020)“…Researchers, managers and conservationists in the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, have reported cases of individual baboons (Papio ursinus) appearing overweight,…”
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Ectoparasites Infecting the Heads and Gills of Commercially Valuable Marine Fishes in South Africa
Published in African zoology (02-10-2021)“…The South African marine environment is highly diverse, containing >12 000 species of flora and fauna. However, the state of knowledge of marine fish parasites…”
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Rapid population decline in one of the last recruiting populations of the endangered Clanwilliam sandfish (Labeo seeberi): The roles of climate change and non‐native fish
Published in Aquatic conservation (01-05-2022)“…Freshwater fish are in decline worldwide as a result of introduced non‐native species, impoundment, water quality changes, over‐ion, and climate change. The…”
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Ultrastructural characteristics of the vitellarium of basal polyopisthocotylean monogeneans of the family Hexabothriidae, with comments on glycan vesicle development and its phylogenetic significance
Published in Zoologischer Anzeiger (01-01-2017)“…Transmission electron microscopical observations were made on the vitellarium of two basal polyopisthocotylean monogeneans, the hexabothriids Rajonchocotyle…”
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Ultrastructural characteristics of the caeca of basal polyopisthocotylean monogeneans of the families Chimaericolidae and Hexabothriidae parasitic on cartilaginous fishes
Published in Parasitology research (1987) (01-07-2015)“…Ultrastructural differences are shown between the caecal organization in three blood-feeding polyopisthocotylean monogeneans, i.e., the chimaericolid…”
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surface topography of Callorhynchocotyle callorhynchi (Manter, 1955) (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae), a parasite of the holocephalan fish Callorhinchus capensis
Published in Parasitology research (1987) (01-09-2015)“…A scanning electron microscopical study, incorporating some transmission electron microscopical observations, was undertaken on the surface topography of the…”
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First Record of the Southeast Asian Walking Catfish, Clarias batrachus (Pisces: Clariidae), from the Island of Mauritius, South-Western Indian Ocean
Published in African zoology (01-04-2015)“…The presence of Southeast Asian walking catfish, Clarias batrachus, in Mauritian freshwater systems has been confirmed. Three female Clarias batrachus were…”
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