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Infection with cerebral metacercariae of microphallid trematode parasites reduces reproductive output in the gammarid amphipod Gammarus insensibilis (Stock 1966) in UK saline lagoons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 May 2017

Andrew R. Gates ,
Martin Sheader ,
John A. Williams  and
Lawrence E. Hawkins
Andrew R. Gates*
Affiliation:
National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
Martin Sheader
Affiliation:
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
John A. Williams
Affiliation:
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
Lawrence E. Hawkins
Affiliation:
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A.R. Gates, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK email: arg3@noc.ac.uk
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Abstract

Saline lagoons are priority habitats in the United Kingdom supporting several protected specialist species. One specialist, the amphipod Gammarus insensibilis, is infected with behaviour-altering microphallid trematodes such as Microphallus papillorobustus. In saline lagoons around the coast of England (Gilkicker and Lymington–Keyhaven on the Hampshire coast and Moulton Marsh in Lincolnshire) there is variation in the prevalence of this parasite in the gammarid populations (0 at Salterns in the Lymington–Keyhaven lagoon system to 98% at Gilkicker). Infection intensity ranged from 0 to 20 metacercariae in individual amphipods. Higher infection intensity can alter the shape of the amphipod's head. Under experimental conditions respiration rate is significantly reduced in infected animals and reproductive output (expressed as early stage embryos mg g dry weight−1) is significantly lower in infected females. It is important to consider the role of host–parasite interactions in order to understand the ecology of specialist lagoon species such as G. insensibilis and their lagoon habitats.

Keywords

Behaviour modificationmanipulative parasitereproductive investmentChaetomorpha linumMicrophallus papillorobustus

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 98 , Issue 6 , September 2018 , pp. 1391 - 1400
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2017 

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