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- Title
Circulation pattern and transmission dynamics of the supra-population of the nematode Cystidicoloides tenuissima (Zeder) in the River Swincombe, England.
- Authors
Aho, J. M.; Kennedy, C. R.
- Abstract
The circulation pattern and transmission dynamics of larval and adult Cystidicoloides tenuissima in all its intermediate and definitive hosts were investigated and quantified at three sites in a small upland stream over a period of 1 year. Both brown trout, Salmo trutta, and salmon parr, S. salar, were suitable definitive hosts, but because of the greater importance of the mayfly intermediate host in the diet of trout, between 73 and 98% of the parasite infrapopulation in fish circulated through this species. Trout was the only required host, and was alone responsible for the perpetuation of the parasite suprapopulation in the river. Around 99% of the parasite's eggs produced originated from trout but, of these, 90% or more failed to be ingested by an insect. Larval parasites were found in 18 species of insects, but could develop to the infective third stage in only one species, the mayfly Leptophlebia marginata. Two common but unsuitable species harboured up to 80% of the larval parasites, and less than 10% actually circulated through L. marginata. Differences in circulation pattern between sites could be related more to differences in fish feeding preferences than to differences in fish or insect density, but monthly differences in transmission rate reflected both fish diet and insect abundance. The overall mean transmission rate of eggs to larvae in L. marginata varied between 0.25 and 0.87%, but transmission rates of these larvae to fish were far higher, from 10.8 to 39.8%. The relative importance of ecological factors, host community structure and parasite specificity in determining circulation routes and transmission efficiencies are discussed.
- Publication
Journal of Fish Biology, 1987, Vol 31, Issue 1, p123
- ISSN
0022-1112
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1095-8649.1987.tb05219.x