Naslov
Parasite communities of Adriatic cage-reared fish

Autori
Mladineo, Ivona

Izvornik
Diseases of aquatic organisms (0177-5103) 64 (2005), 1; 77-83

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Adriatic Sea; cage-reared fish; infracommunities; component community

Sažetak
From June 2001 to March 2002, seven semi offshore facilities in Adriatic Sea, rearing sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), sea bream (Sparus aurata), sharpsnout bream (Diplodus puntazzo) and red sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo) aged 1+, were monitored for the presence of protozoan and metazoan parasites. Obtained data sets of abundance and prevalence were used to evaluate the structure and dynamic of infra- and component parasite communities. In all hosts, except the red sea bream, dominant parasites were monogenean specialists, showing clear seasonality. Average infracommunity richness was very low, ranging from 1 to 3 parasites per fish, while at component community level, values ranged from 3 to 8, depending on host species. Based on low diversity indices and moderate to high similarity coefficient between different facilities, it can be concluded that parasitofauna of Adriatic cage-reared fish is stable and impoverished stochastic assemblage, dominated by monogeneans.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Veterinarska medicina

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