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dc.contributor.authorDu Preez, Louis
dc.contributor.authorSmit, Nico
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-10T06:52:08Z
dc.date.available2016-03-10T06:52:08Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationVan Preez, L. & Smit, N. 2013. Double blow: alien crayfish infected with invasive temnocephalan in South African waters. South African journal of science, 109(9/10):1-4. [http://sajs.co.za/]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0038-2353
dc.identifier.issn1996-7489 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/16613
dc.description.abstractTrade in live, freshwater crayfish for ornamental markets, as well as for aquaculture, has grown rapidly and has become the major pathway for the introduction of non-indigenous crayfish species to several countries worldwide. Here we report on the first record of the Australian ‘redclaw’ Cherax quadracarinatus in the natural waters of a game reserve in South Africa. To compound the situation, these redclaw crayfish were infected with a non-indigenous temnocephalan flatworm parasite. Both crayfish and temnocephalan were in full breeding condition, with young. Further spreading of this crayfish to the subtropical, water-rich, northern KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa and southern Mozambique is predicted. Not only might the crayfish compete with indigenous aquatic invertebrates but the non-host-specific temnocephalan might transfer to local decapods, such as freshwater crabsen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWater Research Commission for research funding (Project K5-2185)en_US
dc.description.urihttp://sajs.co.za/
dc.description.urihttp://sajs.co.za/double-blow-alien-crayfish-infected-invasive-temnocephalan-south-african-waters/louis-du-preez-nico-smit/format/pdf
dc.description.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/sajs.2013/20130109
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAcademy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)en_US
dc.subjectAlien crayfishen_US
dc.subjectaquatic healthen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectCherax quadricarinatusen_US
dc.subjectDiceratocephala boshmaien_US
dc.titleDouble blow: alien crayfish infected with invasive temnocephalan in South African watersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID12308218 - Du Preez, Louis Heyns
dc.contributor.researchID21250545 - Smit, Nicholas Jacobus


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