Metazoan parasites of African annual killifish (Nothobranchiidae): abundance, diversity, and their environmental correlates
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081766%3A_____%2F17%3A00465758" target="_blank" >RIV/68081766:_____/17:00465758 - isvavai.cz</a>
Nalezeny alternativní kódy
RIV/00216224:14310/17:00100381
Výsledek na webu
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/btp.12396" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/btp.12396</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/btp.12396" target="_blank" >10.1111/btp.12396</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Metazoan parasites of African annual killifish (Nothobranchiidae): abundance, diversity, and their environmental correlates
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
Estimates of biodiversity and its global patterns are affected by parasite richness and specificity. Despite this, parasite communities are largely neglected in biodiversity estimates, especially in the tropics. We studied the parasites of annual killifish of the genus Nothobranchius that inhabit annually desiccating pools across the African savannah and survive the dry period as developmentally arrested embryos. Their discontinuous, non-overlapping generations make them a unique organism in which to study natural parasite fauna. We investigated the relationship between global (climate and altitude) and local (pool size, vegetation, host density and diversity, and diversity of potential intermediate hosts) environmental factors and the community structure of killifish parasites. We examined metazoan parasites from 21 populations of four host species (Nothobranchius orthonotus, N. furzeri, N. kadleci, and N. pienaari) across a gradient of aridity in Mozambique. Seventeen parasite taxa were recorded, with trematode larval stages (metacercariae) being the most abundant taxa. The parasites recorded were both allogenic (life cycle includes non-aquatic host, predominantly trematodes) and autogenic (cycling only in aquatic hosts, nematodes). The parasite abundance was highest in climatic regions with intermediate aridity, while parasite diversity was associated with local environmental characteristics and positively correlated with fish species diversity and the amount of aquatic vegetation. Our results suggest that parasite communities of sympatric Nothobranchius species are similar and dominated by the larval stages of generalist parasites. Therefore, Nothobranchius serve as important intermediate or paratenic hosts of parasites, with piscivorous birds and predatory fish being their most likely definitive hosts.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Metazoan parasites of African annual killifish (Nothobranchiidae): abundance, diversity, and their environmental correlates
Popis výsledku anglicky
Estimates of biodiversity and its global patterns are affected by parasite richness and specificity. Despite this, parasite communities are largely neglected in biodiversity estimates, especially in the tropics. We studied the parasites of annual killifish of the genus Nothobranchius that inhabit annually desiccating pools across the African savannah and survive the dry period as developmentally arrested embryos. Their discontinuous, non-overlapping generations make them a unique organism in which to study natural parasite fauna. We investigated the relationship between global (climate and altitude) and local (pool size, vegetation, host density and diversity, and diversity of potential intermediate hosts) environmental factors and the community structure of killifish parasites. We examined metazoan parasites from 21 populations of four host species (Nothobranchius orthonotus, N. furzeri, N. kadleci, and N. pienaari) across a gradient of aridity in Mozambique. Seventeen parasite taxa were recorded, with trematode larval stages (metacercariae) being the most abundant taxa. The parasites recorded were both allogenic (life cycle includes non-aquatic host, predominantly trematodes) and autogenic (cycling only in aquatic hosts, nematodes). The parasite abundance was highest in climatic regions with intermediate aridity, while parasite diversity was associated with local environmental characteristics and positively correlated with fish species diversity and the amount of aquatic vegetation. Our results suggest that parasite communities of sympatric Nothobranchius species are similar and dominated by the larval stages of generalist parasites. Therefore, Nothobranchius serve as important intermediate or paratenic hosts of parasites, with piscivorous birds and predatory fish being their most likely definitive hosts.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
—
OECD FORD obor
10618 - Ecology
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
<a href="/cs/project/GBP505%2F12%2FG112" target="_blank" >GBP505/12/G112: ECIP - Evropské centrum ichtyoparazitologie</a><br>
Návaznosti
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2017
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Biotropica
ISSN
0006-3606
e-ISSN
—
Svazek periodika
49
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
2
Stát vydavatele periodika
US - Spojené státy americké
Počet stran výsledku
10
Strana od-do
229-238
Kód UT WoS článku
000395643400010
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85005989999