Species diversity of parasites on the Great Barrier Reef

Rohde, Klaus

doi:10.1007/bf00389937

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“…The fact that the numbers of parasite categories per fish species were lower at Heron Island than at Lizard Island may be due to latitudinal and/or temperature differences, as it has been shown that fish from high latitudes have fewer types of parasites (Dogiel 1961, Polyanski 1961b, Rohde 1977. Most of the parasites found on fish at Heron Island were found on fish from Lizard Island except for some monogenea.…”

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“…Variation in parasites within a species can occur on a small spatial scale (Yeo & Spieler 1980) or on a large spatial scale latitudinally (Dogiel 1961, Polyanski 1961b, Rohde 1977. Parasites also vary seasonally (Kennedy 1975) and as a function of host size (Bortone et al 1978).…”

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“…The diversity of monogenean parasites in the Great Barrier Reef is almost certainly greater than that of fish species (Rohde 1977) and the number of parasite species at 7 m) and have different levels of wave exposure. Site 1 Heron Island alone has been estimated at 20 000 (North Point) is the most exposed, Site 2 (Granite Bluff) (Rohde 1977). If both parasite fauna and flsh are is less exposed, and Site 3 (Lagoon) is in a protected ladiverse, the potential for variability in the interactions goon behind a small island and has little wave exposure.…”

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Spatial and temporal variations of the ectoparasites of seven reef fish species from Lizard Island and Heron Island, Australia

Grutter¹

1994

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

141

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Spat~al and temporal variations in abundance of ectoparasites from 7 coral reef fish species [Hemigyrnnus melapterus (Labridae), Siganus doliatus (Siganidae), Scolopsis bilinea tus (Nemipteridae), Thalassoma lunare (Labridae), Scarus sordidus (Scaridae), Ctenochaetus stn'atus (Acanthuridae), and Acanthochromis polyacanthus (Pomacentridae)] at 2 locations, Lizard Island and Heron Island in the Great Barner Reef, were investigated. The study demonstrates that there is a significant species-specific parasite fauna wh~ch is conserved over space and time. Host identity explained most of the variation in parasite composition and abundance while host size explained a smaller proportion of the variation. For each species the parasite assemblage showed little variation among local, but physically varied, sites. Species-specific patterns of parasite abundance were similar between widely separated locations, although there were more categories of parasites at the northern locat~on, Lizard Island. Parasite numbers and species composition among fish species at Lizard Island d~d not vary anlong collection times except for S. doliatus, which had a 7-fold increase between May 1992 and January 1993, mainly due to dactylogyridean monogeneans. Parasite abundance was positively correlated with fish standard length for 3 fish species.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Spatial and temporal variations of the ectoparasites of seven reef fish species from Lizard Island and Heron Island, Australia

Grutter¹

1994

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

141

128

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“…Rohde (1977) examined them for gill monogeneans. He found a great variability of infection intensities at all latitudes, but no definite changes with latitude.…”

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Zoogeography of marine parasites

Rohde

1984

Helgolander Meeresunters

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Latitudinal gradients in species numbers of marine parasites, differences between the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Oceans, latitudinal gradients in frequency and intensity of infection, in host range and specificity, and in fluctuations of infection are discussed, as well as differences between shallow and deep water, parasite endemicity at remote oceanic islands, and importance of temperature for parasite distribution. Examples are given to demonstrate the usefulness of marine parasites as biological tags and as indicators of the geographical origin of hosts.

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