‘Global worming’: first record of an epidemic of Triaenophorus crassus in a population of Arctic charr Salvelinus umbla

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Achleitner, D., Gassner, H., Schabetsberger, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2009
• Subjects: Alpine Lake; Arctic; Arctic charr
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02166.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.2008.02166.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02166.x

In May 2005, an epidemic of the cestode Triaenophorus crassus occurred in the Salvelinus umbla population of Lake Grundlsee, an oligotrophic Austrian Alpine Lake. Based on catches with a standardized multi‐mesh gillnet survey 53% of S. umbla were infected with up to 17 cysts of T. crassus per fish. This is the first documented record of an epidemic of this tapeworm in S. umbla .