%0 Journal Article %T Infestation of the pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) by the copepod Lernaea Cyprinacea (Crustacea) - some ecological aspects %A Mala-Maria Stavrescu-Bedivan %A Oana P. Popa %A Florin T. Aioanei %A Luis O. Popa %J Travaux du Mus¨Ļum National d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" %D 2011 %I %R 10.2478/v10191-011-0004-4 %X The copepod Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus, 1758 is known by the large spectrum of fish hosts which it infests, and to which it can cause haemorrhages and ulcerations. The paper focuses on some aspects of the relation between the Pumpkinseed sunfish and this copepod: infestation parameters, preferred attaching situs, relationship between the host size and parasitisation degree, as well as the visible effects of this parasite left on the fish body, in the Moara Domneasc Lake, Romania. %K infestation %K attachment site %K Lepomis gibbosus %K Lernaea cyprinacea %K Moara Domneasc %K Lake %U http://versita.metapress.com/content/r23687517471270m/?p=620d53b0693e4c9d94afded314724c5c&pi=3