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Early life stages of exotic gobiids as new hosts for unionid glochidia
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SYSNO ASEP 0459670 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Early life stages of exotic gobiids as new hosts for unionid glochidia Author(s) Šlapanský, Luděk (UBO-W) SAI, SAI
Jurajda, Pavel (UBO-W) RID, SAI, ORCID
Janáč, Michal (UBO-W) RID, ORCID, SAINumber of authors 3 Source Title Freshwater Biology. - : Wiley - ISSN 0046-5070
Roč. 61, č. 6 (2016), s. 979-990Number of pages 12 s. Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords fish larvae ; Gobiidae ; host–parasite interaction ; invasive species ; Unionidae Subject RIV EG - Zoology R&D Projects GBP505/12/G112 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) GAP505/11/1768 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Institutional support UBO-W - RVO:68081766 UT WOS 000376600100013 EID SCOPUS 84963582733 DOI 10.1111/fwb.12761 Annotation 1.Introduction of an exotic species has the potential to alter interactions between fish and bivalves; yet our knowledge in this field is limited, not least by lack of studies involving fish early life stages (ELS).
2.Here, for the first time, we examine glochidial infection of fish ELS by native and exotic bivalves in a system recently colonised by two exotic gobiid species (round goby Neogobius melanostomus, tubenose goby Proterorhinus semilunaris) and the exotic Chinese pond mussel Anodonta woodiana.
3.The ELS of native fish were only rarely infected by native glochidia. By contrast, exotic fish displayed significantly higher native glochidia prevalence and mean intensity of infection than native fish (17 versus 2% and 3.3 versus 1.4 respectively), inferring potential for a parasite spillback/dilution effect. Exotic fish also displayed a higher parasitic load for exotic glochidia, inferring potential for invasional meltdown. Compared to native fish, presence of gobiids increased the total number of glochidia transported downstream on drifting fish by approximately 900%.
4.We show that gobiid ELS are a novel, numerous and ‘attractive’ resource for unionid glochidia. As such, unionids could negatively affect gobiid recruitment through infection-related mortality of gobiid ELS and/or reinforce downstream unionid populations through transport on drifting gobiid ELS. These implications go beyond what is suggested in studies of older life stages, thereby stressing the importance of an holistic ontogenetic approach in ecological studies.Workplace Institute of Vertebrate Biology Contact Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524 Year of Publishing 2017
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