Parasite-induced alterations of host behaviour in a riverine fish: the effects of glochidia on host dispersal

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Parasite-induced alterations of host behaviour in a riverine fish: the effects of glochidia on host dispersal

Original language description

1. Parasitic species can affect host behaviour in various ways. Freshwater mussels of the superfamily Unionoidea have a glochidia larva that is parasitic on fish. Our aim was to evaluate whether fish exposed to glochidia have distinct behaviour that could affect the upstream dispersal of the parasite. 2. Many freshwater mussels are highly endangered, and understanding the relationships with their hosts is important for their conservation. However, research on the behavioural effects of parasitism on fish host activity and/or the upstream dispersal of mussel larvae in nature has received little attention. 3. Specifically, we examined a fish (the chub, Squalius cephalus) that hosts the larval stage of a freshwater bivalve (Anodonta anatina) and investigated alterations in host behaviour induced by the parasite. One laboratory and two field experiments were conducted using passive integrated transponder systems and radio-telemetry. 4. Infected fish were generally less active in the labora

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GA13-05872S" target="_blank" >GA13-05872S: Impact of non-native species on host-parasite relationships: importance of interpopulation variability</a><br>

Continuities

O - Projekt operacniho programu

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

ISSN

0046-5070

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Volume of the periodical

59

Issue of the periodical within the volume

7

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

1452-1461

UT code for WoS article

000337528600008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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