Prof Linda (L) Basson
Position	Professor
Department	Zoology and Entomology
Address	DIERKUNDE EN ENTOMOLOGIE IB 49
Email
Telephone	+27-(0)51-4013244 2370
Office	D 108

Short CV

Ph.D. (Zoology) from Rand Afrikaans University (Johannesburg), 1985

Area of Expertise

Generally on aquatic parasitology. Mainly specialising on all types of symbiotic associations between ciliophorans (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) and various hosts. Hosts mainly include marine and freshwater organsisms like fish, frogs, echinoderms, molluscs, polychaetes and sea squirts. Groups specifically receiving attention are mobile peritrichs of the families Urceolariidae and Trichodinidae. Although the latter family has been well-studied in Middle and Eastern Europe, it has been totally ignored in Africa. The southern African peritrich fauna of freshwater fish has received our attention over the last 20 years, and many papers, mainly on the systematics and general biology of these ciliophorans, have appeared. Papers on trichodinids collected from Israel, Taiwan, Mauritius and Botswana have also appeared.

Research over the last years, have included the marine environment as well, especially the intertidal zone. Various animal groups act as hosts for both the families Trichodinidae and Urceolariidae. A number of publications on this aspect have appeared to date.

Courses Presented

DRK214 - Parasites, Vectors and Toxic (Poisonous and Venomous) Animals (second year Zoology course in first semester)

DRK & ENT614 - Research Techniques, Scientific Methodology & Scientific Communication (six week course for Hons students in first semester)

DRK & ENT632 - Biodiversity (Evolution & Biogeography) (six week course for Hons students in first semester)

DRK674 - Aquatic Parasitology (six week course for Hons students in first semester)

DRK698 - Year project in Aquatic Parasitology for Hons student

Publications (Short List)

FULL LENGTH SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (SHORT LIST)

1. SMIT, N.J., BASSON, LINDA & VAN AS, J.G.  (2000)  A redescription of the adult male of Caecognathia cryptopais (Barnard, 1925) (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidae) from southern Africa.  Folia Parasitologica, 47: 62-66.

2. BOTES, HELENE, BASSON, LINDA & VAN AS, LIESL L.  (2001)  Two new species of Mantoscyphidia Jankowski, 1980 (Ciliophora: Peritrichia), gill symbionts of Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca: Archeogastropoda) from the south coast of South Africa.  Acta Protozoologica, 40: 131-140.

3. MOUTON, ANNA, BASSON, LINDA & IMPSON, D.  (2001)  Health status of ornamental freshwater fishes imported to South Africa: a pilot study.  Aquarium Science and Conservation, 3: 327-333.

4. BASSON, LINDA & VAN AS, J.G.  (2002) Trichodinid ectoparasites (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) of freshwater fishes of the family Anabantidae from the Okavango River and Delta (Botswana).  Folia Parasitologica, 49: 169-181.

5. SMIT, N.J. & BASSON, LINDA.  (2002)  Gnathia pantherinum sp. n. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidae), a temporary ectoparasite of some elasmobrnach species from southern Africa.  Folia Parasitologica, 49: 137-151.

6. SMIT, N.J., VAN AS, J.G. & BASSON, LINDA.  (2002).  Redescription of the female of Gnathia africana (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidae) from southern Africa.  Folia Parasitologica, 49: 67-72.

7. REED, CECILE C., BASSON, LINDA & VAN AS, LIESL L.  (2002)  Myxobolus species (Myxozoa), parasites of fishes in the Okavango River and Delta, Botswana, including descriptions of two new species.  Folia Parasitologica, 49: 81-88.

8. SMIT, NJ, BASSON, LINDA & VAN AS, J.G.  (2003)  Life cycle of the temporary fish parasite, Gnathia africana (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidae).  Folia Parasitologica, 50: 135-142.

9. REED, CECILE C., BASSON, LINDA & VAN AS, LIESL L.  (2003)  Myxozoans infecting the sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus in the Okavango River and Delta, Botswana, including descriptions of two new species, Henneguya samochimensis sp. n. and Myxobolus gariepinus sp.n.  Folia Parasitologica, 50: 183-189.

10. PETERS, HELENE, VAN AS, LIESL L., BASSON, LINDA & VAN AS, J.G. (2004). A new species of Ellobiophrya Chatton & Lwoff, 1923 (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) attached to Mantoscyphidia Jankowski, 1980 (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) species.  Acta Protozoologica, 43: 163-172.

11. NOVAK, BARBARA F., DAWSON, D., BASSON, LINDA, DEVENEY, M. & POWELL, M.D.  (2004). Gill histopathology of wild marine fish in Tasmania – potential interactions with gill health of cltures Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.  Journal of Fish Diseases, 27: 709-717.

12. DAVIES, ANGELA J., GIBSON, WENDY, FERRIS, VANESSA, BASSON, LINDA & SMIT, N.J.  (2005) Two genotypic groups of morphologically similar fish trypanosomes from the Okavango Delta, Botswana.  Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 66: 215-220.