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A potential role for invasive sunbleak in the further dissemination of a non‐native parasite
Author(s) -
Beyer K.,
Kochanowska D.,
Longshaw M.,
Feist S. W.,
Gozlan R. E.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2005.00859.x
Subject(s) - biology , biological dispersal , parasite hosting , range (aeronautics) , invasive species , host (biology) , copepod , ecology , introduced species , zoology , crustacean , population , demography , materials science , sociology , world wide web , computer science , composite material
Since its first introduction to English waters in the mid 1980s, sunbleak Leucaspius delineatus has spread widely and it is shown in the present study that this non‐native cyprinid is a new host for Neoergasilus japonicus . This copepod parasite from South East Asia has a limited host range and distribution in the U.K. Rapid dispersal of sunbleak in the U.K. raises concerns for further dispersal of this introduced parasite.