2015
Parasite introduction with an invasive goby in Belgium double trouble
HUYSE, Tine; Maarten Pieterjan VANHOVE; Merlijn MOMBAERTS; Filip A.M. VOLCKAERT; Hugo VERREYCKEN et. al.Basic information
Original name
Parasite introduction with an invasive goby in Belgium double trouble
Authors
HUYSE, Tine (56 Belgium); Maarten Pieterjan VANHOVE (56 Belgium, guarantor, belonging to the institution); Merlijn MOMBAERTS (56 Belgium); Filip A.M. VOLCKAERT (56 Belgium) and Hugo VERREYCKEN (56 Belgium)
Edition
Parasitology Research, NEW YORK, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015, 2015, 0932-0113
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Article in a journal
Field of Study
10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher
United States of America
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
Impact factor
Impact factor: 2.027
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14310/15:00088662
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000356801700044
EID Scopus
2-s2.0-84932199096
Keywords in English
Enemy release hypothesis; Gyrodactylus; Invasion biology; Monogenea; Parasitology; Ponto-Caspian
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Changed: 5/3/2018 14:41, Mgr. Lucie Jarošová, DiS.
Abstract
In the original language
Non-indigenous species may have negative impacts on the native fauna in their competition for food and habitat, but they can also introduce non-indigenous parasite species, with sometimes devastating consequences. Co-introduction of parasites should therefore be carefully monitored, but this aspect is mostly overlooked. The round goby Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814) and the tubenose goby Proterorhinus semilunaris (Heckel, 1937), both known for their invasiveness, have recently been discovered in Belgium. Here, we morphologically and genetically document the co-introduction of the Ponto-Caspian Gyrodactylus proterorhini Ergens, 1967, originally described on tubenose goby in southern Slovakia. Because of their direct life cycle and extraordinary reproductive capacities, gyrodactylid monogenean parasites can readily invade new areas together with the host. Moreover, G. proterorhini has a wide host range and might therefore represent a threat to other gobiid fishes. The Gyrodactylus parasite found on the Belgian round goby population is probably acquired through secondary infection from local fish, as suggested by molecular phylogenetic analysis.
Links
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