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Several dinoflagellate species in the genus  Blastodinium  are gut parasites of marine planktonic copepods. However, there is only limited information on the occurrence and infection frequencies of  Blastodinium  spp. in the field and almost no information on the functional impact on their hosts. We report upon the effects of  Blastodinium  sp .  infection on  Calanus finmarchicus  from the northeastern Atlantic coast off southern Norway during April 2013 and 2014. Up to 58% of  C. finmarchicus  were infected near the coast, while &lt;5% were infected several kilometers offshore. Ingestion rates of infected females were below detection limits and significantly lower than uninfected females.  Blastodinium  sp . -infected females showed characteristic symptoms of starvation, including lower respiration rates (implying a lower metabolic rate), production of smaller and fewer fecal pellets and significantly fewer eggs than uninfected females. A few females in this study were able to void the infection, however the extended period of starvation is likely to have longer-term repercussions on egg production rates well after the copepod clears the infection. The degree to which the infection affects  C. finmarchicus  recruitment depends on the extent of the spatial distribution of the infection. Monitoring of parasitic infection during routine field surveys will be required in order to clarify this.

journal of plankton research

Infection of the planktonic copepod  Calanus finmarchicus  by the parasitic dinoflagellate,  Blastodinium  spp: effects on grazing, respiration, fecundity and fecal pellet production