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Are gobiid fish more susceptible to predation if parasitized by Eustrongylides excisus? An answer from robbed snakes

SYSNO ASEP	0337929
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Are gobiid fish more susceptible to predation if parasitized by Eustrongylides excisus? An answer from robbed snakes
Author(s)	Sloboda, M. (CZ) Mihalca, A. D. (RO) Falka, I. (RO) Petrželková, Klára Judita (UBO-W)_{RID, SAI, ORCID} Carlsson, M. (SE) Ghira, I. (RO) Modrý, David (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID}
Number of authors	7
Source Title	Ecological Research - ISSN 0912-3814 Roč. 25, č. 2 (2010), s. 469-473
Number of pages	5 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	JP - Japan
Keywords	Gobiidae ; Eustrongylidosis ; host-parasite interaction
Subject RIV	EG - Zoology
R&D Projects	GD524/03/H133 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
CEZ	AV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011)
	AV0Z60220518 - PAU-O, BC-A (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000275705600024
EID SCOPUS	77950377307
DOI	10.1007/s11284-009-0676-4
Annotation	Aspects of the predator-prey relationship between Natrix tessellata and gobiid fish infected with Eustrongylides excisus were studied in Lake Sinoe, Romania. A population of snakes residing here shows a high prevalence of subcutaneous larvae of this nematode. The hypothesis of the altered motility in infected fish leading to increased depredation by snakes was tested by comparing gobiids collected from dice snakes with gobiids caught via electrofishing. Three gobiid species were used for analysis: Neogobius syrman, Neogobius eurycephalus, and Neogobius melanostomus. No significant differences in prevalence and intensity of E. excisus infection were found between fish caught by snakes and those obtained by electrofishing. However, significantly higher abundance of E. excisus larvae in fish caught by snakes was reported. These findings suggest limited influence of the presence of E. excisus larvae in studied gobiids regarding their susceptibility to predation by dice snakes.
Workplace	Institute of Vertebrate Biology
Contact	Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524
Year of Publishing	2011

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