Population biology of eyeflukes in fish from a large fluvial ecosystem: the importance of gulls and habitat characteristics

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Marcogliese, D.J., Compagna, S., Bergeron, E., McLaughlin, J. Daniel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: NRC Research Press 2001
• Subjects: Lawrence River; Île aux Ours
• Online Access: https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/6780/; https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/6780/1/McLaughlin_CanJZool_2001.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-79-6-1102

Spottail shiners (Notropis hudsonius) were monitored for eyeflukes monthly at four sites in the St. Lawrence River, Quebec, from spring through autumn in 1997 and 1998. In general, mean abundance of Diplostomum spp. in the lens of spottail shiners was highest at sites near large ring-billed gull (La...