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Helminth communities of the barbel Barbus barbus from large river systems in Austria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2024

S. Laimgruber ,
C. Schludermann ,
R. Konecny  and
A. Chovanec
S. Laimgruber
Affiliation:
University of Vienna, Institute of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Althanstrasse 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria
C. Schludermann
Affiliation:
University of Vienna, Institute of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Althanstrasse 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria
R. Konecny*
Affiliation:
University of Vienna, Institute of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Althanstrasse 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria Umweltbundesamt, Spittelauer Lände 5, 1090, Vienna, Austria
A. Chovanec
Affiliation:
Umweltbundesamt, Spittelauer Lände 5, 1090, Vienna, Austria
*
*Fax: +43 (0)1 4277 9542, E-mail: Robert.Konecny@univie.ac.at
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Abstract

The composition and diversity of the total and intestinal component endohelminth communities were determined in the cyprinid barbel from three study areas in two large river systems in Austria. Two sample sites in the Danube and one site in the River Drau are the only free flowing stretches of these rivers in Austria. Nine helminth species were identified, with the acanthocephalan Pomphorhynchus laevis being dominant in the Danube, with up to 100% prevalence. In the Drau, where the dominant species was the cestode Bathybothrium rectangulum, species diversity was higher than in the Danube.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 79 , Issue 2 , June 2005 , pp. 143 - 149
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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