Community stability and instability in ectoparasites of marine and freshwater fish

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F13%3A00066962" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/13:00066962 - isvavai.cz</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Community stability and instability in ectoparasites of marine and freshwater fish
Original language description
Ectoparasite communities on the gills and skin of fish are non-saturated, with many vacant niches, which suggests that these fish ectoparasites live under non-equilibrium conditions. Such communities, often with several congeneric species, are not structured by interspecific competition, but show a high degree of aggregation. The structure of ectoparasite communities especially in freshwater fish is affected by temporal and spatial variability, which promotes the coexistence of potentially competitive species. Niche segregation in congeneric ectoparasites is linked to the morphology of their attachment apparatus. Congeners with morphologically similar attachment apparatus tend to occupy the same or adjacent niches within a host. Co-occurrence of congeners is facilitated by reinforcement of reproductive barriers due to morphological differences in copulatory organs.
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Project
<a href="/en/project/GBP505%2F12%2FG112" target="_blank" >GBP505/12/G112: ECIP - European Centre of Ichtyoparasitology</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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