Comparison of metazoan parasite communities of chub (Leuciscus cephalus) in European Rivers: effect of latitude, geographic distance and host phylogeny

SEIFERTOVA, Maria, Martina VYSKOČILOVÁ and Andrea VETEŠNÍKOVÁ ŠIMKOVÁ. Comparison of metazoan parasite communities of chub (Leuciscus cephalus) in European Rivers: effect of latitude, geographic distance and host phylogeny. In 16th Helmintological Days, Suchá Rudná. 2008. ISBN 978-80-210-4689-4.

Basic information

• Original name: Comparison of metazoan parasite communities of chub (Leuciscus cephalus) in European Rivers: effect of latitude, geographic distance and host phylogeny
• Authors: SEIFERTOVA, Maria (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Martina VYSKOČILOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Andrea VETEŠNÍKOVÁ ŠIMKOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: 16th Helmintological Days, Suchá Rudná, 2008.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/08:00042179
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• ISBN: 978-80-210-4689-4
• Keywords in English: host phylogeny

Abstract

The composition and biological diversity of parasite communities is a result of many determinants widely discussed in parasite ecology in last years. In this study, two hypotheses that are applicable to analyse the biogeographical gradients of parasite diversity were tested using metazoan parasite communities of fifteen chub populations (Leuciscus cephalus): a) latitudinal gradient and b) similarity distance decay. Because present-day parasite diversity is not only result of current ecological processes, but also historical processes, the phylogenetic distance between host populations across its distribution range were included in the analyses. We found that the localities in marginal zones of chub distribution showed lower parasite species richness and diversity in both infracommunities and component communities. The latitudinal gradient was observed for species richness and abundance of Trematoda, abundance of Diplostomum species and the abundance of monogenean species Dactylogyrus vistulae. The similarity in parasite communities significantly decreased with increasing geographical distance and phylogenetic distance. For the first time not only geographical distance but also phylogenetic distance between fish populations was tested, while we revealed that phylogenetic distance is more important determinant of similarity in parasite communities than geographical distance between host populations.

Links

• GA524/07/0188, research and development project: Name: Úloha imunitní investice v kontextu kompromisů: imunoekologické studium vztahů mezi reprodukcí, imunitou a parazitizmem u sladkovodních ryb

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, The role of immune investment in the context of trade-offs: immuno-ecological study of the relationships among reproduction, immunity and parasitism

• LC522, research and development project: Name: ICHTYOPARAZITOLOGIE - centrum základního výzkumu

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Ichtyoparazitology - the center of basic research

• MSM0021622416, plan (intention): Name: Diverzita biotických společenstev a populací: kauzální analýza variability v prostoru a čase

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time