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- Title
Factors determining parasite community richness and species composition in black snook Centropomus nigrescens (Centropomidae) from coastal lagoons in Guerrero, Mexico.
- Authors
Violante-González, Juan; Mendoza-Franco, Edgar F.; Rojas-Herrera, Agustín; Guerrero, Salvador Gil
- Abstract
Species richness and composition were determined for parasite communities in the black snook Centropomus nigrescens collected from five coastal lagoons in the Guerrero state, Mexico. A total of 354 fish were collected between December 2007 and November 2008. Twenty-four species of parasite were identified: 2 monogeneans, 12 digeneans, 4 acanthocephalans, 1 cestode, 4 nematodes, and 1 pentastomid. The communities consisted mainly of autogenic parasites, and all were dominated by the digenean Paracrytogonimus yamagutii. Community species composition was similar among lagoons, although the influence of local conditions prevented them from being identical. Host traits such as predator feeding habits, body size, and vagility contributed to parasite community structure and species composition.
- Subjects
GUERRERO (Mexico : State); MEXICO; PARASITES; CENTROPOMUS; LAGOONS
- Publication
Parasitology Research, 2010, Vol 107, Issue 1, p59
- ISSN
0932-0113
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00436-010-1834-x