Parasites of Three Closely Related Antarctic Fish Species (Teleostei: Nototheniinae) from Elephant Island.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies of parasite communities and patterns in the Antarctic are an important knowledge base with the potential to track shifts in ecological relations and study the effects of climate change on host-parasite systems. Endemic Nototheniinae is the dominant fish group found in Antarctic marine habitats. Through their intermediate position within the food web, Nototheniinae link lower to higher trophic levels and thereby also form an important component of parasite life cycles. The study was set out to gain insight into the parasite fauna of Nototheniops larseni, N. nudifrons and Lepidonotothen squamifrons (Nototheniinae) from Elephant Island (Antarctica).

Methods

Sampling was conducted at three locations around Elephant Island during the ANT-XXVIII/4 expedition of

SUBMITTER: Alt KG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8938359 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature