Metacercariae of Clinostomum schizothoraxi Kaw, 1950 (Digenea: Clinostomatidae) in Carassius carassius (Linnaeus) under different environmental conditions

Title:

Metacercariae of Clinostomum schizothoraxi Kaw, 1950 (Digenea: Clinostomatidae) in Carassius carassius (Linnaeus) under different environmental conditions

Creator:

Shah, Humaira Bashir, Yousuf, Abdul R., Chishti, Mohammad Z., and Ahmad, Fayaz

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:5a435294-c3c2-4c80-b279-2e90056db3bd
uuid:5a435294-c3c2-4c80-b279-2e90056db3bd
doi:10.14411/fp.2013.018

Subject:

metacercariae, Clinostomum schizothoraxi, molluscs, Carassius carassius, Kashmir Himalayan lakes, and eutrophication

Type:

model:article and TEXT

Format:

bez média and svazek

Description:

This report addresses the possible impacts of local habitat characteristics on the metacercariae of Clinostomum schizothoraxi Kaw, 1950 infecting crucian carp, Carassius carassius (Linnaeus), from three lakes in Kashmir. The lakes chosen encompass an extremely wide gradient in trophic status - Manasbal (less polluted and mesotrophic), Dal (moderately polluted and eutrophic) and Anchar (strongly polluted and hypertrophic). The results indicate that infrapopulation-level descriptors of abundance of C. schizothoraxi in fish differed between the three lakes and revealed that the infection levels were greater at Anchar Lake. Furthermore, the prevalence, mean abundance and mean intensity of infection also changed during the period of investigation along the seasonal gradient of water temperature. The fact that the abundance patterns of the parasite differed in different populations of the same host provided a unique opportunity for a comparative study on the temporal variations in infection patterns attained during different seasons. In particular, the lake environments showed a high degree of variability in the density profiles of mollusc intermediate hosts and, thus, the differences in the infection status of crucian carp were derived on the basis of intermediate host population size which, in turn, was influenced by the trophic characteristics of the three lakes.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

163-168

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2013 Volume:60 | Number:2

Harvested from:

CDK

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