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The distribution of digenean metacercariae within bream (Abramis brama) gill apparatus: preferences, co-occurrence and interactions of parasites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2017

M. Zolovs ,
J. Kanto  and
I. Jakubāne
M. Zolovs*
Affiliation:
Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Parādes Street 1a, Daugavpils, Latvia, LV5401
J. Kanto
Affiliation:
Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Parādes Street 1a, Daugavpils, Latvia, LV5401
I. Jakubāne
Affiliation:
Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Parādes Street 1a, Daugavpils, Latvia, LV5401
*
*E-mail address: maksims.zolovs@du.lv
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Abstract

Species-specific microenvironmental preferences and interactions between parasite species have been the focus of many ecological studies. Here, we studied the distribution of ectoparasite species within the gill apparatus of bream (Abramis brama) from Lake Lubāns (Latvia) to establish whether digenean metacercariae: (1) prefer specific patches within the gill apparatus; (2) co-occur in the same patches with monogeneans and copepods within a host individual; and (3) interact with monogeneans and copepods. We recorded all parasites on gill arches of the same host species and used null models to analyse co-occurrences of digenean metacercariae, monogeneans and copepods. Zero-inflated mixture models were used to define the preferred patches of parasites. We found that digenean metacercariae (Bucephalus polymorphus) prefer specific patches of the gill apparatus to encyst, and shared these preferences with monogeneans and copepods, but did not interact with them. We concluded that digenean metacercariae have a species-specific microenvironmental preference to encyst in the gill apparatus and their occurrence (even in high numbers) does not reduce the success of attachment of monogeneans and copepods in the same gill patches.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 92 , Issue 3 , May 2018 , pp. 332 - 342
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