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The Parasites of the Fishes of Lake Wakonichi, Central Northern Quebec
Author(s) -
Richardson Laurence R.
Publication year - 1942
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1941)71[286:tpotfo]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - infestation , fishery , trout , ecology , geography , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , botany
An account is given of the parasites of the fishes of Lake Wakonichi in northern Quebec. Although Lake Wakonichi is unmodified, the extent of paratization of the fishes, and especially the game species, is equal to that encountered elsewhere in modified waters of the Province of Quebec. In fact, infestation of lake trout by Cystidicola stigmatura exceeds that known elsewhere in the Province. Eubothrium salvelini was also present as a heavy infestation. Glaridacris confusus has been recorded from the headwaters of the St. Maurice River, but was not found by the author in the southern portion of Quebec. Parasitization of the smaller fishes was less than in more southern waters which condition may be correlated with the absence of many species of water birds that do not penetrate into the Lake Wakonichi district.