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The structuring process of the macroparasite community of an experimental population of Cichlasoma urophthalmus through time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

V.M. Vidal-Martinez ,
C.R. Kennedy  and
M.L. Aguirre-Macedo
V.M. Vidal-Martinez*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Parasitology, Centre of Investigation and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN Unidad Merida), Antigua Carr. a Progreso km 6 Cordemex Apdo. Postal 97310, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
C.R. Kennedy
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Hatherly Laboratories, Exeter University, Exeter, EX4 4PS, UK
M.L. Aguirre-Macedo
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Parasitology, Centre of Investigation and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN Unidad Merida), Antigua Carr. a Progreso km 6 Cordemex Apdo. Postal 97310, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
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*Fax: 81 29 17 E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The structuring process of the macroparasite community of caged Cichlasoma urophthalmus was studied over time using sentinel fish. Three thousand uninfected cichlids were stocked in floating cages introduced into a quarry in which a wild population of the same species was present. Caged and wild cichlids were sampled monthly over 6 and 7 months, respectively. Seventeen macroparasite species were found in the wild C. urophthalmus population, ten of which were detected in the caged population after 6 months. Early infections were by those species that were more frequent and abundant in the wild population, while helminths with a low prevalence and abundance in the wild appeared later in the caged fish population. The results suggested that the structuring process of the macroparasite community of caged C. urophthalmus followed a predictable pattern, in which those species that were most frequent and abundant in the wild were the first to establish in sentinel fish.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 72 , Issue 3 , September 1998 , pp. 199 - 207
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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