Parasites of burbot, Lota lota (family Gadidae), from the Ford River in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Of 128 burbot, Lota lota, collected from the Ford River in August 1983, 1984, November 1984, and May 1985, 121 were infected with at least one of the following parasites: Azygia sp., Crepidostomum farionis, Posthodiplostomum sp., Cystidicoloides tenuissima, Haplonema hamulatum, Raphidascaris acus, N...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Zoology
Main Authors: Muzzall, Patrick M., Whelan, Gary E., Peebles, C. Robert
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
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spelling crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z87-428 2023-12-17T10:28:23+01:00 Parasites of burbot, Lota lota (family Gadidae), from the Ford River in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan Muzzall, Patrick M. Whelan, Gary E. Peebles, C. Robert 1987 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z87-428 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z87-428 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 65, issue 11, page 2825-2827 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 1987 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z87-428 2023-11-19T13:39:16Z Of 128 burbot, Lota lota, collected from the Ford River in August 1983, 1984, November 1984, and May 1985, 121 were infected with at least one of the following parasites: Azygia sp., Crepidostomum farionis, Posthodiplostomum sp., Cystidicoloides tenuissima, Haplonema hamulatum, Raphidascaris acus, Neoechinorhynchus pungitius, Neoechinorhynchus saginatus, Myzobdella lugubris, Elliptis sp., Epistylis sp., Myxobolus sp., and Trichodina sp. Of the helminths found, R. acus and H. hamulatum had the highest prevalence and mean intensity, respectively. The prevalence of Myxobolus sp. decreased with burbot age. The prevalence of Epistylis sp. and Elliptis sp. and the prevalence and mean intensity of H. hamulatum and R. acus increased with burbot age. Taxonomically, the helminth fauna consisted of 263 (24%) trematodes, 741 (67%) nematodes, and 96 (9%) acanthocephalans. Using Brillouin's index, the mean diversity value ± 1 SD of counted helminths in infected burbot was 0.302 ± 0.333; the mean evenness was 0.303 ± 0.295. Article in Journal/Newspaper Burbot Lota lota lota Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Ford River ENVELOPE(-82.986,-82.986,64.179,64.179) Canadian Journal of Zoology 65 11 2825 2827
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topic Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Muzzall, Patrick M.
Whelan, Gary E.
Peebles, C. Robert
Parasites of burbot, Lota lota (family Gadidae), from the Ford River in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
topic_facet Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
description Of 128 burbot, Lota lota, collected from the Ford River in August 1983, 1984, November 1984, and May 1985, 121 were infected with at least one of the following parasites: Azygia sp., Crepidostomum farionis, Posthodiplostomum sp., Cystidicoloides tenuissima, Haplonema hamulatum, Raphidascaris acus, Neoechinorhynchus pungitius, Neoechinorhynchus saginatus, Myzobdella lugubris, Elliptis sp., Epistylis sp., Myxobolus sp., and Trichodina sp. Of the helminths found, R. acus and H. hamulatum had the highest prevalence and mean intensity, respectively. The prevalence of Myxobolus sp. decreased with burbot age. The prevalence of Epistylis sp. and Elliptis sp. and the prevalence and mean intensity of H. hamulatum and R. acus increased with burbot age. Taxonomically, the helminth fauna consisted of 263 (24%) trematodes, 741 (67%) nematodes, and 96 (9%) acanthocephalans. Using Brillouin's index, the mean diversity value ± 1 SD of counted helminths in infected burbot was 0.302 ± 0.333; the mean evenness was 0.303 ± 0.295.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Muzzall, Patrick M.
Whelan, Gary E.
Peebles, C. Robert
author_facet Muzzall, Patrick M.
Whelan, Gary E.
Peebles, C. Robert
author_sort Muzzall, Patrick M.
title Parasites of burbot, Lota lota (family Gadidae), from the Ford River in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
title_short Parasites of burbot, Lota lota (family Gadidae), from the Ford River in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
title_full Parasites of burbot, Lota lota (family Gadidae), from the Ford River in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
title_fullStr Parasites of burbot, Lota lota (family Gadidae), from the Ford River in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
title_full_unstemmed Parasites of burbot, Lota lota (family Gadidae), from the Ford River in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
title_sort parasites of burbot, lota lota (family gadidae), from the ford river in the upper peninsula of michigan
publisher Canadian Science Publishing
publishDate 1987
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Lota lota
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