Review of metazoan parasites of the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) and the analysis of the gastrointestinal helminth community of the population on St. Paul Island, Alaska

Kuzmina, T.A.; Kuzmin, Y.; Dzeverin, I.; Lisitsyna, O.; Spraker, T.R.; Korol, E.M.; Kuchta, Roman

doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06935-6

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Review of metazoan parasites of the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) and the analysis of the gastrointestinal helminth community of the population on St. Paul Island, Alaska

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SYSNO ASEP	0554240
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Review of metazoan parasites of the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) and the analysis of the gastrointestinal helminth community of the population on St. Paul Island, Alaska
Author(s)	Kuzmina, T.A. (UA) Kuzmin, Y. (UA) Dzeverin, I. (UA) Lisitsyna, O. (UA) Spraker, T.R. (US) Korol, E.M. (UA) Kuchta, Roman (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID}
Number of authors	7
Source Title	Parasitology Research. - : Springer - ISSN 0932-0113 Roč. 120, č. 1 (2021), s. 117-132
Number of pages	16 s.
Publication form	Print - P
Language	eng - English
Country	DE - Germany
Keywords	hookworms uncinaria-lucasi ; odendhali nematoda-filarioidea ; pribilof islands ; prevalence ; acanthocephalans ; mortality ; anisakis ; linnaeus ; stomachs ; ecology ; Acanthocephala ; Cestoda ; Nematoda ; Trematoda ; Marine mammals ; Parasite community
Subject RIV	FP - Other Medical Disciplines
OECD category	Parasitology
Method of publishing	Limited access
Institutional support	BC-A - RVO:60077344
UT WOS	000587082600001
EID SCOPUS	85095715325
DOI	10.1007/s00436-020-06935-6
Annotation	The northern fur seal (NFS), Callorhinus ursinus (Mammalia: Otariidae), is a marine mammal species included into the IUCN Red List as the vulnerable species which population is dramatically declining. A significant amount of parasitological data collected previously and our recent data allowed us to clarify the list of NFS metazoan parasites and to perform a comprehensive analysis of the gastrointestinal helminth community. Gastrointestinal tracts from 756 NFSs (3- to 4-year-old males) were collected during the annual Aleut subsistence harvests in July-August of 2011-2014 from five separate rookeries on St. Paul Island, Alaska. Totally, 27,625 specimens of helminths and approximately 1000 nasal mites were collected and identified. Detailed analysis of the previously published and newly obtained data revealed 32 species of metazoan parasites, including trematodes (6 species), cestodes (4), nematodes (9), acanthocephalans (9) and arthropods (4). The gastrointestinal helminth community of newly studied NFSs comprised 19 species including trematodes (4), cestodes (3), nematodes (5) and acanthocephalans (7). Temporal changes in the helminth community structure were small but statistically significant. Gastrointestinal helminth infracommunities comprised from 1 to 10 species (average of 4). Small but significant correlation was found between the abundances of acanthocephalans (Corynosoma similis and C. strumosum), nematodes (Contracaecum osculatum, Pseudoterranova spp.) and cestode Diphyllobothrium tetrapterum.
Workplace	Biology Centre (since 2006)
Contact	Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
Year of Publishing	2022
Electronic address	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-020-06935-6

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