Location-dependent infection of fish parasites in Lake Constance

• Published in: Journal of fish biology Vol. 51; no. 5; pp. 1025 - 1032
• Main Authors: BALLING, T. E, PFEIFFER, W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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
• DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1997.0507
• ISSN: 0022-1112

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.