Location-dependent infection of fish parasites in Lake Constance

Perch Perca fluviatilis and roach Rutilus rutilus were caught at various locations around Lake Constance (Bodensee). Infection of perch and roach with the eyeflukes Diplostomum spathaceum and Tylodelphis clavata was greatest in the western location (Bottighofen). The varied occurrence of parasite sp...

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Published inJournal of fish biology Vol. 51; no. 5; pp. 1025 - 1032
Main Authors BALLING, T. E, PFEIFFER, W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Blackwell 01.11.1997
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Coregonus lavaretus
Diplostomum spathaceum
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Parasitic diseases
Perca fluviatilis
Pisces
Rutilus rutilus
Tylodelphys clavata
Europe
Germany
Germany, Constance L
Prevalence
Plathelmintha
Parasite
Diplostomum spathaceum
Cestoda
Trematoda
Crustacea
Infection
Vertebrata
Coregonus lavaretus
Rutilus rutilus
Arthropoda
Pisces
Perca fluviatilis
Copepoda
Helmintha
Lakes
Invertebrata
Geographical variation
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Summary:Perch Perca fluviatilis and roach Rutilus rutilus were caught at various locations around Lake Constance (Bodensee). Infection of perch and roach with the eyeflukes Diplostomum spathaceum and Tylodelphis clavata was greatest in the western location (Bottighofen). The varied occurrence of parasite species at different locations indicated that maximum interchange between fish populations was slight. Whitefish Coregonus lavaretus migrating up the River Rhine were less infected with both the tapeworm Proteocephalus exiguus and the copepod Ergasilus sieboldi than whitefish from the middle of the lake. Some of the parasites had already left their hosts. Newly established infections were not found in migrating whitefish.
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ISSN:0022-1112
1095-8649
DOI:10.1006/jfbi.1997.0507