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The role of Callionymus lyra and C. reticulates in the life cycle of Lernaeocera lusci in Belgian coastal waters (Southern Bight of the North Sea)
Author(s) -
Damme P. A.,
Maertens D.,
Arrumm A.,
Hamerlynck O.,
Ollevier F.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1993.tb00342.x
Subject(s) - biology , parasite hosting , population , host (biology) , ecology , zoology , demography , sociology , world wide web , computer science
A survey of the dragonet Callionymus lyra and the reticulated dragonet C. reticulatus from Belgian coastal waters (Southern Bight of the North Sea) in June 1991 revealed 34% of dragonets infected with 1–7 Lernaeocera lusci. This same parasite infected 9% of the reticulated dragonets (mean intensity =1). Parasite size is host‐size‐dependent. Of the parasites collected from C, lyra 64% were gravid adults (substage X), and a significant positive relationship between the number of eggs and axial length of the parasite was found. The parasites were overdispersed within the dragonet population ( s 2 / m =1.67)