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A co-invasive microsporidian parasite that reduces the predatory behaviour of its host Dikerogammarus villosus (Crustacea, Amphipoda)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2013

K. BACELA-SPYCHALSKA ,
T. RIGAUD  and
R. A. WATTIER
K. BACELA-SPYCHALSKA*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Biogéosciences, UMR CNRS 6282, Équipe Écologie Évolutive, Université de Bourgogne, 21000 Dijon, France Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Poland
T. RIGAUD
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Biogéosciences, UMR CNRS 6282, Équipe Écologie Évolutive, Université de Bourgogne, 21000 Dijon, France
R. A. WATTIER
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Biogéosciences, UMR CNRS 6282, Équipe Écologie Évolutive, Université de Bourgogne, 21000 Dijon, France
*
* Corresponding author: Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland. E-mail: [email protected]
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Summary

Parasites are known to affect the predatory behaviour or diet of their hosts. In relation to biological invasions, parasites may significantly influence the invasiveness of the host population and/or mediate the relationships between the invader and the invaded community. Dikerogammarus villosus, a recently introduced species, has had a major impact in European rivers. Notably, its high position in trophic web and high predatory behaviour, have both facilitated its invasive success, and affected other macroinvertebrate taxa in colonized habitats. The intracellular parasite Cucumispora dikerogammari, specific to D. villosus, has successfully dispersed together with this amphipod. Data presented here have shown that D. villosus infected by this parasite have a reduced predatory behaviour compared with healthy individuals, and are much more active suggesting that the co-invasive parasite may diminish the predatory pressure of D. villosus on newly colonized communities.

Keywords

activitybiological invasionparasite-induced behavioural changespredationmicrosporidia
Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 141 , Issue 2 , February 2014 , pp. 254 - 258
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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