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Pomphorhynchus heronensis and restricted movement of Lutjanus carponotatus on the Great Barrier Reef

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2024

T.H. Cribb ,
G.R. Anderson  and
A.D.M. Dove
T.H. Cribb*
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
G.R. Anderson
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
A.D.M. Dove
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
*
*Fax: 61 7 3365 1588 E-mail: T.Cribb@mailbox.uq.edu.au
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Abstract

Samples of Lutjanus carponotatus(Lutjanidae) from reef flat (shallow) and reef slope (deep) sites around Heron and Wistari reefs on the southern Great Barrier Reef were examined for Pomphorhynchus heronensis(Acanthocephala). Individual fish from the reef slope had 0–9 (2.6) worms as compared with 1–122 (39.6) worms for individuals from the reef flat (P < 0.0001). Other variables (year, season, size of fish) made little contribution to the variation. Reef flat and reef slope sites were separated by as little as 300 m. These results imply both that the fish have very limited local movement and that transmission of the parasite is concentrated locally.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 74 , Issue 1 , March 2000 , pp. 53 - 56
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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