Publications
Book
Buckworth, R. C., Newman, S. J., Ovenden, J. R., Lester, R. J. G. and McPherson, G. R. (2007). The stock structure of northern and western Australian Spanish mackerel. Darwin, Australia: Dept. of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines.
Book Chapters
Lester, Robert J. G. and Hine, P. Mike (2017). Paramyxida. Handbook of the Protists. (pp. 805-822) edited by John M. Archibald, Alastair G.B. Simpson and Claudio H. Slamovits. New York, NY, United States: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-28149-0_21
Lester, Robert J. G. and Hayward, Craig J. (2006). Phylum Arthropoda. Fish diseases and disorders. (pp. 466-565) edited by P. K. Woo. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. doi: 10.1079/9780851990156.0466
Lester, R J. G. (2005). Isopoda. Marine parasitology. (pp. 138-144) edited by Klaus Rohde. Collingwood, Vic., Australia; Wallingford, U.K.: CSIRO; CABI.
Journal Articles
Lester, R. J. G. and Blomberg, S. P. (2021). Three methods to measure parasite aggregation using examples from Australian fish parasites. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12 (10) 2041-210X.13668, 1999-2007. doi: 10.1111/2041-210x.13668
McVinish, R. and Lester, R. J. G. (2020). Measuring aggregation in parasite populations. Journal of the Royal Society: Interface, 17 (165) 20190886, 20190886. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2019.0886
Moore, Bradley R., Lestari, Pratiwi, Cutmore, Scott C., Proctor, Craig and Lester, Robert J. G. (2019). Movement of juvenile tuna deduced from parasite data. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 76 (6), 1678-1689. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsz022
Lester, R. J. G. and McVinish, R. (2016). Does moving up a food chain increase aggregation in parasites?. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 13 (118) 20160102, 20160102. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2016.0102
Welch, David J., Newman, Stephen J., Buckworth, Rik C., Ovenden, Jennifer R., Broderick, Damien, Lester, Robert J. G., Gribble, Neil A., Ballagh, Aaron C., Charters, Robbie A., Stapley, Jason, Street, Raewyn, Garrett, Rod N. and Begg, Gavid A. (2015). Integrating different approaches in the definition of biological stocks: a northern Australian multi-jurisdictional fisheries example using grey mackerel, Scomberomorus semifasciatus. Marine Policy, 55, 73-80. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2015.01.010
Lester, R. J. G. and Moore, B. R. (2015). Parasites as valuable stock markers for fisheries in Australasia, East Asia and the Pacific Islands. Parasitology, 142 (1), 36-53. doi: 10.1017/S003118201400016X
Zischke, Mitchell T., Griffiths, Shane P., Tibbetts, Ian R. and Lester, Robert J. G. (2013). Stock identification of wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) in the Pacific and Indian Oceans using morphometrics and parasites. Ices Journal of Marine Science, 70 (1), 164-172. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fss164
Lester, R. J. G. (2012). Overdispersion in marine fish parasites. Journal of Parasitology, 98 (4), 718-721. doi: 10.1645/GE-3017.1
Moore, B. R., Welch, D. J., Newman, S. J. and Lester, R. J. G. (2012). Parasites as indicators of movement and population connectivity of a non-diadromous, tropical estuarine teleost: King threadfin Polydactylus macrochir. Journal of Fish Biology, 81 (1), 230-252. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03335.x
Broderick, D., Ovenden, J.R., Buckworth, R.C., Newman, S.J., Lester, R.J.G. and Welch, D.J. (2011). Genetic population structure of grey mackerel Scomberomorus semifasciatus in northern Australia. Journal of Fish Biology, 79 (3), 633-661. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03055.x
Moore, B. R., Stapley, J., Allsop, Q., Newman, S. J., Ballagh, A., Welch, D. J. and Lester, R. J. G. (2011). Stock structure of blue threadfin Eleutheronema tetradactylum across northern Australia, as indicated by parasites. Journal of Fish Biology, 78 (3), 923-936. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02917.x
Charters, Robbie A., Lester, Robert J. G., Buckworth, Rik C., Newman, Stephen J., Ovenden, Jennifer R., Broderick, Damien, Kravchuk, Olena, Ballagh, Aaron and Welch, David J. (2010). The stock structure of grey mackerel Scomberomorus semifasciatus in Australia as inferred from its parasite fauna. Fisheries Research, 101 (1-2), 94-99. doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2009.09.011
Zischke, M. T., Cribb, T. H., Welch, D. J., Sawynok, W. and Lester, R. J. (2009). Stock structure of blue threadfin Eleutheronema tetradactylum on the Queensland east coast, as determined by parasites and conventional tagging. Journal of Fish Biology, 75 (1), 156-171. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02277.x
Justine, Jean-Lou, Leblanc, Philippe, Keller, Florent and Lester, Robert J. G. (2009). Turbellarian black spot disease in bluespine unicornfish Naso unicornis in New Caledonia, caused by the parasitic turbellarian Piscinquilinus sp.. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 85 (3), 245-249. doi: 10.3354/dao02082
Lester, R. J., Rawlinson, S. E. and Weaver, L. C. (2009). Movement of sea mullet Mugil cephalus as indicated by a parasite. Fisheries Research, 96 (2-3), 129-132. doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.10.006
Lester, R. J. G. and MacKenzie, K. (2009). The use and abuse of parasites as stock markers for fish. Fisheries Research, 97 (1-2), 1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.12.016
Ribu, D. and Lester, R. J. G. (2009). Histopathology of the porcupine fish gill nematode, Moravecia australiensis. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists, 29 (2), 47-50.
Williams, R. E. and Lester, R. J. G. (2006). Stock structure of Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus commerson along the Australian east coast deduced from parasite data. Journal of Fish Biology, 68 (6), 1707-1712. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.01026.x
Roberts-Thomson, A., Barnes, A., Stewart Fielder, D., Lester, R. J. G. and Adlard, R. D. (2006). Aerosol dispersal of the fish pathogen, Amyloodinium ocellatum. Aquaculture, 257 (1-4), 118-123. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.02.058
Ribu, Dalisay L. and Lester, Robert J. G. (2004). Moravecia australiensis n. g., n. sp (Dracunculoidea : Guyanemidae) from the gills of the green porcupine fish Tragulichthys jaculiferus (Cuvier) in Australia. Systematic Parasitology, 57 (1), 59-65. doi: 10.1023/B:SYPA.0000010686.36122.98
Klemm, D. J., Daniels, B. A., Moser, W. E. and Lester, R. J. G. (2003). Biology of the leech Actinobdella inequiannulata Moore, 1901 (Annelida: Hirudinea: Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae), parasitic on the white sucker, Catostomus commersoni Lacepede, 1803, and the longnose sucker, Catostomus catostomus Forster, 1773, in Alg. Comparative Parasitology, 70 (2), 120-127. doi: 10.1654/4064
Whipps, CM, Adlard, RD, Bryant, MS, Lester, RJG, Findlay, V and Kent, ML (2003). First report of three Kudoa species from Eastern Australia: Kudoa thyrsites from Mahi mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), Kudoa amamiensis and Kudoa minithyrsites n. sp. from sweeper (Pempheris ypsilychnus). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 50 (3), 215-219. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00120.x
Moore, B. R., Buckworth, R. C., Moss, H. and Lester, R. J. G. (2003). Stock discrimination and movements of narrow-barred Spanish mackerel across northern Australia as indicated by parasites. Journal of Fish Biology, 63 (3), 765-779. doi: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00190.x
Moore, B. R., Kleeman, S. N. and Lester, R. J. G. (2002). The development of a positive non-infectious control for the detection of Perkinsus using the Ray test. Journal of Shellfish Research, 21 (2), 871-873.
Grutter, A. S and Lester, R. J. G. (2002). Cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus reduce 'temporary" parasitic corallanid isopods on the coral reef fish Hemigymnus melapterus. Marine Ecology-progress Series, 234, 247-255. doi: 10.3354/meps234247
Murrell, A., Kleeman, S. N., Barker, S. C. and Lester, R. J. G. (2002). Synonymy of Perkinsus olseni Lester & Davis, 1981 and Perkinsus atlanticus Azevedo, 1989 and an update on the phylogenetic position of the genus Perkinsus. Bulletin of The European Association of Fish Pathologists, 22 (4), 258-265.
Kleeman, SN, Adlard, RD and Lester, RJG (2002). Detection of the initial infective stages of the protozoan parasite Marteilia sydneyi in Saccostrea glomerata and their development through to sporogenesis. International Journal For Parasitology, 32 (6), 767-784. doi: 10.1016/S0020-7519(02)00025-5
Grutter, A. S., Deveney, M. R., Whittington, I. D. and Lester, R. J. G. (2002). The effect of the cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus on the capsalid monogenean Benedenia lolo parasite of the labrid fish Hemigymnus melapterus. Journal of Fish Biology, 61 (5), 1098-1108. doi: 10.1006/jfbi.2002.2121
Grutter, A. S., McCallum, H. and Lester, R. J. G. (2002). Optimising cleaning behaviour: minimising the costs and maximising ectoparasite removal. Marine Ecology-progress Series, 234, 257-264. doi: 10.3354/meps234257
Cruz-Lacierda, E. R., Lester, R. J. G., Eusebio, PS, Marcial, H. S. and Pedrajas, S. A. G. (2001). Occurrence and histopathogenesis of a didymozoid trematode (Gonapodasmius epinepheli) in pond-reared orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides. Aquaculture, 201 (3-4), 211-217. doi: 10.1016/S0044-8486(01)00668-8
Hallett, S. L., Erseus, C., O'Donoghue, P. J. and Lester, R.J. (2001). Parasite fauna of Australian marine oligochaetes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 46 (2), 555-576.
Evans, B. B. and Lester, R. J. G. (2001). Parasites of ornamental fish imported into Australia. Bulletin of The European Association of Fish Pathologists, 21 (2), 51-55.
Kent, M. L., Andree, K. B., Bartholomew, J. L., El-Matbouli, M., Desser, S., Devlin, R. H., Feist, S. W., Hedrick, R. P., Hoffman, R. W., Khattra, J., Hallett, S. L., Lester, R. J., Longshaw, M., Palenzeula, O. and Siddall, M. E. (2001). Recent advances in our knowledge of the Myxozoa. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 48 (4), 395-413. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2001.tb00173.x
Lester, R. J. G., Thompson, C., Moss, H. and Barker, S. C. (2001). Movement and stock structure of narrow-barred Spanish mackerel as indicated by parasites. Journal of Fish Biology, 59 (4), 833-842. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2001.tb00154.x
Walker, Graham and Lester, Robert J.G (2000). The cypris larvae of the parasitic barnacle Heterosaccus lunatus (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Rhizocephala): Some laboratory observations. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 254 (2), 249-257. doi: 10.1016/S0022-0981(00)00284-7
Grutter, Alexandra S., Lester, Robert J. G. and Greenwood, Jack (2000). Emergence rates from the benthos of the parasitic juveniles of gnathiid isopods. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 207, 123-127. doi: 10.3354/meps207123
Lester, R. J. (2000). Review of Goate, T.M. An exploration of marine parasitic Crustasea (CD). Parasitology Today, 16 (6), 267.
Walker, G. and Lester, R. J. (2000). The cypris larvae of the parasitic barnacle Heterosaccus lunatus (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Rhizocephala): some laboratory observations. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 254, 247-257.
Manisseri, M. K., Spann, K. M. and Lester, R. J. G. (1999). Iodine as a disinfectant against monodon baculovirus (MBV). Asian Fisheries Science, 12 (2), 105-111.
Wesche, S. J., Adlard, R. D. and Lester, R. J. G. (1999). Survival of spores of the oyster pathogen Marteilia sydneyi (Protozoa, Paramyxea) as assessed using fluorogenic dyes. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 36 (3), 221-226. doi: 10.3354/dao036221
Bryant, M. S., Lee, R., Lester, R. J. and Whittington, R. J. (1999). Anti-immunoglobulin antisera used in an ELISA to detect antibodies in barramundi Lates calcarifer to Cryptocaryon irritans. Inter-Research, 36 (1), 21-28. doi: 10.3354/dao036021
Lester, R. J., Hallett, S. L., El-Matbouli, M. and Canning, E. (1999). Can a new species of Myxozoa be described based solely on their actinosporean stage? Reply. Parasitology Today, 15 (12), 508-508. doi: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01537-9
Hallett, S. L., Erseus, C. and Lester, R. J. G. (1999). Actinosporeans (Myxozoa) from marine oligochaetes of the Great Barrier Reef. Systematic Parasitology, 44 (1), 49-57. doi: 10.1023/a:1006105503243
Hallett, S. L. and Lester, R. J. (1999). Actinosporeans (Myxozoa) with four developing spores within a pansporocyst: Tetraspora discoidea n.g. n.sp. and Tetraspora rotundum n.sp. International Journal for Parasitology, 29 (3), 419-427. doi: 10.1016/S0020-7519(98)00228-8
Lester, R. J. G., Hallett, S. L., El-Matbouli, M. and Canning, E. U. (1998). The case for naming actinosporeans using the zoological code. Parasitology Today, 14 (12), 476-477. doi: 10.1016/S0169-4758(98)01331-3
Hallett, Sascha L., O'Donoghue, Peter J. and Lester, Robert J. G. (1998). Structure and development of a marine actinosporean, Sphaeractinomyxon ersei n. sp. (Myxozoa). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 45 (1), 142-150. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb05082.x
Walker, G. and Lester, R. J. G. (1998). Effect of salinity on development of larvae of Heterosaccus lunatus (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 18 (4), 650-655. doi: 10.1163/193724098X00502
Spann, K. M., Cowley, J. A., Walker, P. J. and Lester, R. J.G. (1997). A yellow-head-like virus from Penaeus monodon cultured in Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 31 (3), 169-179. doi: 10.3354/dao031169
Hallett, Sascha L., O'Donoghue, Peter J. and Lester, Robert J. G. (1997). Infections by Kudoa ciliatae (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) in Indo-Pacific whiting Sillago spp.. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 30 (1), 11-16. doi: 10.3354/dao030011
Roubal F.R., Hallet S.L. and Lester R.J.G. (1997). First record of triactinomyxon actinosporean in marine oligochaete. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists, 17 (3-4), 83-85.
Spann K.M. and Lester R.J.G. (1997). Viral diseases of penaeid shrimp with particular reference to four viruses recently found in shrimp from Queensland. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 13 (4), 419-426. doi: 10.1023/A:1018576200670
Spann K.M. and Lester R.J.G. (1996). Baculovirus of Metapenaeus bennettae from the Moreton Bay region of Australia. Disease of Aquatic Organisms, 27 (1), 53-58. doi: 10.3354/dao027053
Jones, Timothy C. and Lester, Robert J.G. (1996). Factors influencing populations of the ectosymbiont Diceratocephala boschmai (platyhelminthes; temnocephalida), on the redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus maintained under laboratory conditions. Aquaculture, 143 (3-4), 233-243. doi: 10.1016/0044-8486(96)01283-5
Diggles B.K. and Lester R.J.G. (1996). Infections of Cryptocaryon irritans on wild fish from southeast Queensland, Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 25 (3), 159-167. doi: 10.3354/dao025159
Diggles B.K. and Lester R.J.G. (1996). Variation in the development of two isolates of Cryptocaryon irritans. Journal of Parasitology, 82 (3), 384-388. doi: 10.2307/3284073
Diggles B.K. and Lester R.J.G. (1996). Influence of temperature and host species on the development of Cryptocaryon irritans. Journal of Parasitology, 82 (1), 45-51. doi: 10.2307/3284114
Aken'Ova T.O. and Lester R.J.G. (1996). Udonella myliobati n. comb. (Platyhelminthes: Udonellidae) and its occurrence in Eastern Australia. Journal of Parasitology, 82 (6), 1017-1023. doi: 10.2307/3284215
Sewell, Kim B. and Lester, Robert J. G. (1995). Stock composition and movement of gemfish, Rexea-solandri, as indicated by parasites. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 52 (S1), 225-232. doi: 10.1139/f95-530
Spann K.M., Vickers J.E. and Lester R.J. (1995). Lymphoid organ virus of Penaeus monodon from Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 23 (2), 127-134. doi: 10.3354/dao023127
Anderson T.J., Hine P.M. and Lester R.J. (1995). A Steinhausia-like infection in the ovocytes of Sydney rock oysters Saccostrea commercialis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 22 (2), 143-146. doi: 10.3354/dao022143
Adlard, R. D. and Lester, R. J.G. (1995). The life-cycle and biology of anilocra-pomacentri (isopoda: Cymothoidae), an ectoparasitic isopod of the coral-reef fish, chromis-nitida (perciformes: Pomacentridae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 43 (3), 271-281. doi: 10.1071/ZO9950271
Hudson D.A. and Lester R.J.G. (1994). Parasites and symbionts of wild mud crabs Scylla serrata (Forskal) of potential significance in aquaculture. Aquaculture, 120 (3-4), 183-199. doi: 10.1016/0044-8486(94)90077-9
Adlard R.D. and Lester R.J.G. (1994). Dynamics of the interaction between the parasitic isopod, anilocra pomacentri, and the coral reef fish, chromis nitida. Parasitology, 109 (3), 311-324. doi: 10.1017/S0031182000078343
Anderson T.J., Wesche S. and Lester R.J.G. (1994). Are outbreaks of marteilia sydneyi in sydney rock oysters, saccostrea commercialism triggered by a drop in environmental ph?. Marine and Freshwater Research, 45 (7), 1285-1287. doi: 10.1071/MF9941285
Anderson, Timothy J., McCaul, Thomas F., Boulo, Viviane, Robledo, Jose A. F. and Lester, Robert J. G. (1994). Light and electron immunohistochemical assays on paramyxean parasites Tests immuno-histochimiques sur les paramyxines parasites en microscopie optique et en microscopie électronique. Aquatic Living Resources, 7 (1), 47-52. doi: 10.1051/alr:1994006
Diggles B.K., Roubal F.R. and Lester R.J.G. (1993). The influence of formalin, benzocaine and hyposalinity on the fecundity and viability of Polylabroides multispinosus (Monogenea: Microcotylidae) parasitic on the gills of Acanthopagrus australis (Pisces: Sparidae). International Journal for Parasitology, 23 (7), 877-884. doi: 10.1016/0020-7519(93)90053-2
Gordon A.N., Kelly W.R. and Lester R.J. (1993). Epizootic mortality of free-living green turtles, Chelonia mydas, due to coccidiosis.. Journal of wildlife diseases, 29 (3), 490-494. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-29.3.490
Jones, T. C. and Lester, R. G. J. (1993). Aspects of the biology and pathogenicity of Diceratocephala boschmai (Platyhelminthes: Temnocephalida), an ectosymbiont on the redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 44 (6), 927-933. doi: 10.1071/MF9930927
ANDERSON, TIMOTHY J., NEWMAN, LESLIE J. and LESTER, ROBERT J. G. (1993). Light and Electron Microscope Study of Urosporidium cannoni N. Sp., a Haplosporidian Parasite of the Polyclad Turbellarian Stylochus sp. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 40 (2), 162-168. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1993.tb04898.x
Jones, Timothy C. and Lester, Robert J. G. (1992). The life history and biology of Diceratocephala boschmai (Platyhelminthes; Temnocephalida), an ectosymbiont on the redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Hydrobiologia, 248 (3), 193-199. doi: 10.1007/BF00006147
Hudson, Darryl A. and Lester, Robert J. G. (1992). Relationships between water quality parameters and ectocommensal ciliates on prawns (Penaeus japonicus Bate) in aquaculture. Aquaculture, 105 (3-4), 269-280. doi: 10.1016/0044-8486(92)90092-Y
Anderson T.J. and Lester R.J. (1992). Sporulation of Marteilioides branchialis n. sp. (Paramyxea) in the Sydney rock oyster, Saccostrea commercialis: an electron microscope study.. Journal of Protozoology, 39 (4), 502-508. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1992.tb04839.x
Healy, J. M. and Lester, R. J.G. (1991). Sperm ultrastructure in the australian oyster Saccostrea commercialis (iredale & roughley) (bivalvia: Ostreoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 57 (2), 219-224. doi: 10.1093/mollus/57.2.219
Goggin, C. Louise, Sewell, Kim B. and Lester, Robert J. G. (1990). Tolerances of Perkinsus sp. (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) to temperature, chlorine and salinity. Journal of Shellfish Research, 9 (1), 145-148.
Lester R.J.G. (1990). Reappraisal of the use of parasites for fish stock identification. Marine and Freshwater Research, 41 (6), 855-864. doi: 10.1071/MF9900855
Hine P.M., Wain J.M. and Lester R.J.G. (1990). Observations on the blood of the Australian lungfish, neoceratodus forsteri Kief ft II. enzyme cytochemistry of blood cells, peritoneal macrophages and melano-macrophages. Australian Journal of Zoology, 38 (2), 105-116. doi: 10.1071/ZO9900145
Goggin, C. L. and Lester, R. J.G. (1990). Rickettsiales-like infection in the gills of Tridacna crocea from the Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 56 (1), 135-138. doi: 10.1016/0022-2011(90)90156-Z
Hine, P. M., Lester, R. J.G. and Wain, J. M. (1990). Observations on the blood of the Australian lungfish, neoceratodus forsteri kief ft I.ultrastructure of granulocytes, monocytes and thrombocytes. Australian Journal of Zoology, 38 (2), 105-116. doi: 10.1071/ZO9900131
I.D.Whittington I.D.WhittingtonIan D.I.D.Whittington I.WhittingtonIan D.https://api.elsevier.com/content/author/author_id/7006967397 (1989). A redescription of Calicotyle australis Johnston, 1934 (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from a new host, Rhinobatos batillum (Batiformes: Rhinobatidae), from Moreton Bay, Queensland. Systematic Parasitology, 14 (2), 145-156. doi: 10.1007/BF00016909
Lester, R. J. G. and Sewell, K. B. (1989). Checklist of parasites from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Australian Journal of Zoology, 37 (1), 101-128. doi: 10.1071/ZO9890101
ROUBAL F.R., PAYNTER J.L. and LESTER R.J.G. (1989). Electron microscopic observation of hepatopancreatic parvo‐like virus (HPV) in the penaeid prawn, Penaeus merguiensis de Man, from Australia. Journal of Fish Diseases, 12 (2), 199-201. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.1989.tb00293.x
Roubal, F. R., Masel, J. and Lester, R. J. G. (1989). Studies on marteilia sydneyi, agent of QX disease in the sydney rock oyster, saccostrea commercialis, with implications for its life cycle. Marine and Freshwater Research, 40 (2), 155-167. doi: 10.1071/MF9890155
Lester, R. J. G., Sewell, K. B., Barnes, A. and Evans, K. (1988). Stock discrimination of orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus, by parasite analysis. Marine Biology, 99 (1), 137-143. doi: 10.1007/BF00644988
Doubrovsky, A., Paynter, J. L., Sambhi, S. K., Atherton1, J. G. and Lester, R. J.G. (1988). Observations on the ultrastructure of baculovirus in australian penaeus monodon and penaeus merguiensis. Marine and Freshwater Research, 39 (6), 743-749. doi: 10.1071/MF9880743
Beverley-Burton, Mary, Klassen, Gregory J. and Lester, Robert J.G. (1987). Generic diagnosis of Asthenocotyle Robinson, 1961 (Monogenea: Microbothriidae) and description of Asthenocotyle taranakiensis new species from Oxynotus bruniensis (Oxynotidae) taken in New Zealand waters. International Journal for Parasitology, 17 (4), 965-969. doi: 10.1016/0020-7519(87)90016-6
Adjei, E. L., Barnes, A. and Lester R. J. G. (1986). A Method For Estimating Possible Parasite-Related Host Mortality, Illustrated Using Data From Callitetrarhynchus Gracilis (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) in Lizardfish (Saurida Spp.). Parasitology, 92 (1), 227-243. doi: 10.1017/S0031182000063587
Lester, R. J. G., Barnes, A. and Habib, G. (1985). Parasites of skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis: fishery implications. Fishery Bulletin, 83 (3), 343-356.
Lester R.J.G. and Watson R.A. (1985). Growth, mortality, parasitism, and potential yields of two Priacanthus species in the South China Sea. Journal of Fish Biology, 27 (3), 307-318. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1985.tb04032.x
Lester R.J.G. (1984). A review of methods for estimating mortality due to parasites in wild fish populations. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen, 37 (1-4), 53-64. doi: 10.1007/BF01989295
Gannon B.J., Randall D.J., Browning J., Lester R.J.G. and Rogers L.J. (1983). The microvascular organization of the gas exchange organs of the Australian lungfish, neoceratodus forsteri (Krefft). Australian Journal of Zoology, 31 (5), 651-676. doi: 10.1071/ZO9830651
Shaharom F.M. and Lester R.J.G. (1982). Description of and observations on Grillotia branchi n.sp., a larval trypanorhynch from the branchial arches of the Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus commersoni. Systematic Parasitology, 4 (1), 1-6. doi: 10.1007/BF00012227
Sanders, M. J. and Lester, R. J.G. (1981). Further observations on a bucephalid trematode infection in scallops (Pecten alba) in port phillip bay, victoria. Marine and Freshwater Research, 32 (3), 475-478. doi: 10.1071/MF9810475
Lester, R. J G and Davis, G. H G (1981). A new Perkinsus species (Apicomplexa, Perkinsea) from the abalone Haliotis ruber. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 37 (2), 181-187. doi: 10.1016/0022-2011(81)90073-2
Lester, R. J.G., Blair, D. and Heald, D. (1980). Nematodes from Scallops and Turtles from Shark Bay, Westren Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 31 (5), 713-717. doi: 10.1071/MF9800713
Conference Papers
Nowak, B. F., Hayward, C. J., Gonzalez, L., Bott, N. J. and Lester, R. I. G. (2011). Sea lice infections of salmonids farmed in Australia. 8th International Conference on Sea Lice, Victoria, BC,Canada, 9-12 May 2010. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.12.034
Lester R. J. G. and Hayward., C. J. (2008). Transmission of Perkinsus olseni. Workshop for the analysis of the impact of Perkinsosis to the European Shellfish Industry WOPER, Vigo, Spain, 12-14 September 2007. Spain: Centro de Investigacións Mariñas, Consellería de Pesca e Asuntos Marítimos da Xunta de Galicia, Vilanova de Arousa, Spain. Centro Tecnológico del Mar - Fundación CETMAR.
Lester, R. J. G., Rawlinson, S. E. and Weaver, L. C. (2007). Epidemiology of a sanguinicolid trematode in Mugil cephalus. 13th International Conference of the European Association of Fish Pathologists, Grado, Italy, 17-22 September 2007.
Roberts-Thomson, A., Fielder, D., Barnes, A. C., Lester, R.J. and Adlard, R. D. (2004). Managing velvet disease in marine fish hatcheries. Australasian Aquaculture Conference, Sydney, Australia, 26-29 September 2004.
Moore, B. J., Buckworth, R. C., Moss, H. and Lester, R. J. G. (2003). Stock discrimination and movement of narrow barred Spanish mackerel across northern Australia as indicated by parasites. 2003 Australian Society for Fish Biology Annual Conference, Auckland, N.Z., July 2003. Australia: ASFB.
Lester, R. J. G., Moore, B. R., Moss, H., Rawlinson, S. E., Thompson, C., Weaver, L. and Williams, R. E. (2003). Epidemiology of marine parasites as applied to fish populations. 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society for Parasitology, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 6-10 July 2003.
Hayward, C. J., Lester, R.J., Barker, S.C., McCallum, H. I., Murrell, A. and Kleeman, S. N. (2002). Transmission of Perkinsus olseni among wild blacklip abalone in South Australia. 5th Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture, Gold Coast, November, 2002.
Mooney, A. J., Hayward, C. J. and Lester, R.J. (2002). Seasonal variation in the ectoparasite assemblage of Pagrus auratus in sea cages off eastern Australia. 5th Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture, Gold Coast, November, 2002.
Ribu, D. and Lester, R.J. (2002). A new genus of dracunculoid nematode from the gills of the pufferfish Tragulichthys jaculiferus. 5th Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture, Gold Coast, November, 2002.
Rayamajhi, A., Lester, R.J. and Hayward, C. J. (2002). Aquatic oomycetes from southeast Queensland. 5th Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture, Gold Coast, November, 2002.
Kleeman, S. N., Adlard, R. D. and Lester, R. J. (2002). Discovery of the early infective stages of the protozoan Marteilia sydneyi in oysters and the implications for disease detection and control. 5th Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture, Gold Coast, Australia, 29-30 November 2002.
Ribu, D. and Lester, R.J. (2002). A new genus of dracunculoid (Nematoda: Guyanemidae) from the gills of the green porcupine fish Tragulicthys jaculiferus Cuvier in Australia. 10th International Congress of Parasitology, Vancouver, August, 2002.
Wesche, S., Adlard, R. D. and Lester, R. J. (2000). Further aspects on the biology of Marteilia sydneyi in the Sydney Rock Oyster, Saccostrea glomerata. Joint Meeting of the New Zealand Society for Parasitology and Australian Society for Parasitology, Te Papa, Wellington, 24-28 September, 2000. Wellington: New Zealand Society for Parasitology.
Kleeman, S. N., Adlard, R. D. and Lester, R. J. (2000). DNA technology applied to the diagnosis and biology of Marteilia sydneyi. Joint Meeting of the New Zealand Society for Parasitology and Australian Society for Parasitology, Te Papa, Wellington, 24-28 September, 2000. Wellington: New Zealand Society for Parasitology.
Wesche, S. J., Adlard, R. D. and Lester, R. J. (1999). Viability of spores of the oyster protozoan, Marteilia sydneyi, agent of QX disease, as assessed using fluorogenic dyes. World Aquaculture '99, Sydney, 26 April-2 May 1999. NSW: World Aquaculture Society.
Kleeman, S., Adlard, R. D. and Lester, R. J. (1999). DNA as a tool to investigate the life cycle of Marteilia Sydneyi, caustive agent of QX disease in the Sydney rock oyster. World Aquaculture '99, Sydney, 26 April-2 May 1999. NSW: World Aquaculture Society.
Adlard, R. D., Kleeman, S., Wesche, S. J. and Lester, R. J. (1999). Characterisation of an epizootic of QX disease (Marteilia sydneyi) in eastern Australia. World Aquaculture Society, Sydney, 26 April-2 May 1999. NSW: World Aquaculture Society.
Hallett, S. L., Diamant, A. and Lester, R. J. (1999). Comparison of 18S rDNA of some marine myxosporeans (myxozoa) from fish and actinosporeans (myxozoa) from oligochaetes. Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Society for Parasitology, Yeppoon,, 26-30 September 1999. Yeppoon, Central Qld: Aust. Society for Parasitology.
Lester, R. J. and Evans, B. (1999). Parasitic infections in imported ornamental fish. Fourth Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture, Cebu, Philippines, 22-26 November 1999. Cebu, Philippines: Asian Fisheries Society.
Lester, R. J. and Walker, P. J. (1999). New graduate certificate in Aquaculture (health management). Fourth Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture, Cebu, Philippines, 22-26 November, 1999. Manila, Philippines: Fish Health Section, Asian Fisheries Society.
Rough, K. M., Lester, R. J. and Reuter, R. E. (1999). Caligus elongatus a significant parasite of cultured southern bluefin tuna Thunnus maccoyii. World Aquaculture Society, Sydney, 26 April-2 May 1999. NSW: World Aquaculture Society.
Kleeman, S., Adlard, R. D. and Lester, R. J. (1999). Detection of early infective stages of Marteilia sydneyi (protozoa: paramyxea) using DNA technology. Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Society for Parasitology, Yeppoon, Central Qld, 26-30 September 1999. Yeppoon, Central Qld: Aust. Society for Parasitology.
Hallett, S. L., Roubal, F. R., O'Donoghue, P. J., Erseus, C. and Lester, R. J. G. (1997). Actinosporeans from Australian marine oligochaetes. Tenth International Congress of Protozoology, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 21-25 July 1997.
Lester, R. J. G., Goggin, C. L. and Sewell, K. B. (1990). Perkinsus in Australia. Third International Colloquium on Pathology in Marine Aquaculture, Gloucester Point, VA, United States, 2-6 October 1988. San Diego, United States: Academic Press.
Hoffman, G. L. and Lester, R. J.G. (1987). Workshop 4F: Crustacean parasites of fish. doi: 10.1016/0020-7519(87)90228-1
Lester, R. J. G., Wilson, M. A. and Machin, P. (1982). Swim-bladder ectasia in the trevally Caranx Georgianus. 4th International Conference of the Wildlife Disease Association, Sydney, Australia, 25-28 August 1981. Lawrence, KS, USA: Wildlife Disease Association.
Research Report
Welch, D. J., Buckworth, R. C., Ovenden, J. R., Newman, S. J., Broderick, D., Lester, R. J. G., Ballagh, A. C., Stapley, J. M., Charters, R. A. and Gribble, N. A. (2009). Determination of management units for grey mackerel fisheries in northern Australia. Townsville, Queensland, Australia: Fishing & Fisheries Research Centre, James Cook University.
Reference Entry
Lester, R. J. G. (2005). Isopoda.
Data Collections
Lester, Robert J G (2021). Dataset of parasite numbers in Australian fish. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/f8323e1
Lester, Robert J. (2013). Numbers of selected parasites in Trachurus declivis. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2014.3
Lester, Robert J. (2013). Numbers of selected parasites in Katsuwonus pelamis. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2014.5
Lester, Robert J. (2013). Numbers of selected parasites in Rexea solandri. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2014.4
Lester, Robert J. (2013). Parasites of Scomeromorus commerson. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2014.172