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Aggregation patterns of macroendoparasites in phylogenetically related fish hosts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2010

J. F. MARQUES ,
M. J. SANTOS  and
H. N. CABRAL
J. F. MARQUES*
Affiliation:
Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Centro de Oceanografia, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
M. J. SANTOS
Affiliation:
Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Ciências, Departamento de Biologia, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, FC4, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal CIMAR – Laboratório Associado/CIIMAR – Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Rua dos Bragas, 177, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
H. N. CABRAL
Affiliation:
Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Centro de Oceanografia, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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*Corresponding author: Centro de Oceanografia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal. Tel: +351 217 500 000 (ext. 22575). Fax: +351 217 500 207. E-mail: jimarques@fc.ul.pt
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Summary

Macroparasites are generally aggregated within their hosts with infection and aggregation levels resulting from a continuous arms race between maintaining high mating probability and host mortality low for which host and environmentally related factors contribute to some extent. Here, infection and aggregation patterns of the macroendoparasites infecting the flatfish Citharus linguatula, Arnoglossus laterna, Lepidorhombus boscii, Scophthalmus rhombus and Platichthys flesus in 3 areas along the Portuguese coast were analysed. Of the 21 macroendoparasite species found only 1 infected all hosts and most were host or area exclusive. For each host-parasite system, values of the indices varied between areas and macroendoparasites were not always aggregated; in fact, some macroendoparasites were generally uniformly distributed, which can be related to specific density-dependent regulation mechanisms. No general pattern was found for infection or aggregation levels of the 3 species infecting more than 2 hosts along the Portuguese coast, i.e. Lecithochirium rufoviride, Nybelinia lingualis and Anisakis simplex s.l., suggesting that regulation mechanisms are not species specific but are locally determined, with host ecology playing a significant role.

Keywords

aggregationendoparasitesflatfishmean abundanceprevalence

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Parasitology , Volume 137 , Issue 11 , September 2010 , pp. 1671 - 1680
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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