NDLI: Four-year monitoring of parasite communities in gobiid fishes of the south-western Baltic : II. Infracommunity

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Author	Zander, C. Dieter
Copyright Year	2004
Abstract	The parasite infracommunity of five goby species (Pomatoschistus minutus, P. pictus, P.microps, Gobiusculus flavescens, Gobius niger) from the south-western Baltic was investigated during spring, summer and autumn of the years 1997–2000. The mean parasite species number in single hosts was high, ranging between 1.1 (P. minutus), 2.1 (P. pictus) to even 3.3 (P. microps). Gobius niger is the only host which lives longer than a year and is infested by almost identical parasites for longer times, i.e. the parasite species composition has greater homogeneity. Most intensity of infestation values peaked in summer and were lowest in autumn; only a few exceptions were found in spring or autumn. Only the Digenea Podocotyle atomon and Cryptocotyle concavum were abundant enough to show a clear seasonal fluctuation in Pomatoschistus minutus, P. pictus and Gobiusculus flavescens. Aphalloides timmi and Apatemon gracilis (Digenea) also attained high intensities in P. microps. These four parasite species and, additionally, Cryptocotyle lingua (Digenea), and Hysterothylacium sp. (Nematoda) can be strongly accumulated from either prey or free-swimming larvae and, thus, decisively influence the structure of the infracommunities. Due to selection by filter mechanisms, rare parasites settle rather by chance after competition with other species. The number of parasite species usually increased significantly with host growth. As many as four parasite species were found at the same time in the intestinal tract microhabitat of Gobius niger and P. minutus; at most three parasite species were present on the skin and fins or in the body cavity. The level of infection is due to the respective life history patterns and the kinds of prey, which harbour different parasites as intermediate hosts. Additionally, it depends on the time of appearance of goby offspring in the course of the year.
Starting Page	17
Ending Page	29
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09320113
Journal	Parasitology Research
Volume Number	93
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	14321955
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2004-03-18
Publisher Place	Berlin/Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Infectious Diseases Veterinary Parasitology Insect Science

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