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Helminth communities of four commercially important fish species from Chetumal Bay, Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2007

M.L. Aguirre-Macedo ,
V.M. Vidal-Martínez ,
D. González-Solís  and
P.I. Caballero
M.L. Aguirre-Macedo*
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Parasitología, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN Unidad Mérida), Antigua Carretera a Progreso Km 6, Apartado Postal 73, Cordemex, 97310 Mérida, Yucatán, México
V.M. Vidal-Martínez
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Parasitología, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN Unidad Mérida), Antigua Carretera a Progreso Km 6, Apartado Postal 73, Cordemex, 97310 Mérida, Yucatán, México
D. González-Solís
Affiliation:
Colegio Frontera Sur, ECOSUR, Unidad Chetumal, Avenida Centenario Km 5-5, Apartado Postal 424, Chetumal, 77900 México
P.I. Caballero
Affiliation:
Centro de Estudios Tecnológicos del Mar no. 10 (CETMAR, Chetumal), Boulevard Bahía s/n, 77010 Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
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*Fax: (999) 981 23 34, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The relative importance of ecology and evolution as factors determining species richness and composition of the helminth communities of fish is a matter of current debate. Theoretical studies use host–parasite lists, but these do not include studies on a temporal or spatial scale. Local environmental conditions and host biological characteristics are shown to influence helminth species richness and composition in four fish species (Eugerres plumieri, Hexanematichthys assimilis, Oligoplites saurus, and Scomberomorus maculatus) in Chetumal Bay, Mexico. With the exception of H. assimilis, the helminth communities had not been previously studied and possible associations between environmental and host biological characteristics as factors determining helminth species richness and composition using redundancy analysis (RDA) are described. Thirty-four helminth species are identified, with the highest number of species (19 total (mean = 6.3 ± 2.1)) and the lowest (9 (4.0 ± 1.0)) occurring in H. assimilis and S. maculatus, respectively. The larval nematodes Contracaecum sp. and Pseudoterranova sp. were not only the helminth species shared by all four host species but also were the most prevalent and abundant. Statistical associations between helminth community parameters and local ecological variables such as host habitat use, feeding habits, mobility, and time of residence in coastal lagoons are identified. Phylogeny is important because it clearly separates all four host species by their specialist parasites, although specific habitat and feeding habits also significantly influence the differentiation between the four fish species.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , March 2007 , pp. 19 - 31
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Copyright © 2007 Cambridge University Press 2007

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