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RESEARCH ARTICLE

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

GG Ganf, RJ Shiel and CJ Merrick

Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 34(3) 489 - 494
Published: 1983

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.

https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9830489

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