Parasitism: the possible cause of the collapse of a Volvox population in Mount Bold Reservoir, South Australia

1 January 1983

journal article
research article
Published by CSIRO Publishing in Marine and Freshwater Research

Vol. 34 (3) , 489-494
https://doi.org/10.1071/mf9830489

Abstract

A V. ?tertius population in Mt Bold Reservoir was found to be heavily parasitized by the rotifer Ascomorphella volvocicola, which may have led to the collapse of the V. ?tertius population.

Keywords

COLLAPSE
VOLVOX
ASCOMORPHELLA
HEAVILY
AUSTRALIA
MOUNT
VOLVOCICOLA
SOUTH
ROTIFER
PARASITIZED

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