Trematode maturation patterns in a migratory snail host: What happens during upshore residency in a Mediterranean lagoon?
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F16%3A00461829" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/16:00461829 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-015-4774-7" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-015-4774-7</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-015-4774-7" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00436-015-4774-7</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Trematode maturation patterns in a migratory snail host: What happens during upshore residency in a Mediterranean lagoon?
Original language description
Maturation of trematode larval stages is expected to be temporally and spatially adapted to maximise the encounter with the adequate downstream host, i.e. the host, which will be infected by this parasite stage. Since studies on intramolluscan parasite maturation are scarce but important in the context of parasite transmission, the larval development inside sporocysts was monitored during upshore residency of the snail host Gibbula adansonii (Trochidae), i.e., from March to May (2011 and 2013), when these snails temporarily reside in the intertidal habitat of a Western Mediterranean lagoon (40 degrees 37' 35 '' N, 0 degrees 44' 31 '' E, Spain). Data on the relative quantity of different maturation stages of Cainocreadium labracis and Macvicaria obovata (Opecoelidae) parasitising the G. adansonii as well as on snail and sporocyst size were explored using linear models and linear mixed models. The effect of the trematodes on snail growth was shown to be species-specific, with snail and sporocyst size acting as proxies of the reproductive capacity of M. obovata but not that of C. labracis. The number of cercarial embryos and germinal balls did not show monthly variation in either parasite species, but a higher number of mature stages and the highest maturity index was found in April. Hence, during the snail's limited spawning-related presence in the upshore waters of the lagoon, continuous production and output of infectious cercariae was observed, which indicates a link between larval maturation and snail migration. The synchronization of snails, mature parasite transmission stages and downstream hosts in time and space guarantees a successful completion of the life cycle.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GBP505%2F12%2FG112" target="_blank" >GBP505/12/G112: ECIP - European Centre of Ichtyoparasitology</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Parasitology Research
ISSN
0932-0113
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
115
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
575-585
UT code for WoS article
000370868800014
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84955360206