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Macroparasite community in molluscs of a tidal basin in the Wadden Sea
Thieltges, D.W.; Krakau, M.; Andresen, H.; Fottner, S.; Reise, K. (2006). Macroparasite community in molluscs of a tidal basin in the Wadden Sea. Helgol. Mar. Res. 60(4): 307-316. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10152-006-0046-3
In: Helgoland Marine Research. Springer: Berlin; Heidelberg. ISSN 1438-387X; e-ISSN 1438-3888, more
Peer reviewed article  
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Keywords
    Abundance
    Analysis > Mathematical analysis > Statistical analysis
    Body size
    Check lists
    Composition > Community composition
    Environments > Aquatic environment > Marine environment > Intertidal environment
    Hosts
    Interspecific relationships > Parasitism
    Literature reviews
    Species diversity
    Bivalvia [WoRMS]; Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]; Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]; Gastropoda [WoRMS]; Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant, 1777) [WoRMS]; Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]; Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]; Trematoda [WoRMS]; Turbellaria [WoRMS]
    ANE, Wadden Sea [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    trematodes; nematodes; copepods; Polydora ciliata; parasitism;intertidal; Wadden Sea; gastropods; bivalves
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  • Thieltges, D.W., more
  • Krakau, M.
  • Andresen, H.
  • Fottner, S.
  • Reise, K., more
Abstract
    We provide a quantitative inventory of macroparasites in intertidal molluscs from a tidal basin in the Wadden Sea (eastern North Sea). Gastropods and bivalves contained a species rich macroparasite community consisting of trematodes (26 species), turbellarians (1), nematodes (1), copepods (2) and polychaetes (1) in 3,800 host individuals from 10 host species. Highest parasite burdens were observed in the gastropods Hydrobia ulvae and Littorina littorea and in the bivalves Cerastoderma edule and Mytilus edulis. In contrast, only one parasite species and no trematodes were found in Crepidula fornicata. The parasite community in the molluscs was similar to other Western European localities but some parasite species showed obvious differences, related to the large-scale distribution of intermediate and final hosts. Parasitism seems to be a common phenomenon in molluscs of the Wadden Sea and hence the detrimental effects observed in experiments can be expected to frequently happen in the field.
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