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First account on the seasonal occurrence of parasitic forms on the zooplankton of Southampton Water

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

E. Muxagata  and
J.A. Williams
E. Muxagata*
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Laboratório de Zooplâncton, Instituto de Oceanografia, Avenida Itália, km8, Campus Carreiros, Caixa Postal 474, 96201-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
J.A. Williams
Affiliation:
School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: E. Muxagata, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Laboratório de Zooplâncton, Instituto de Oceanografia, Avenida Itália, km8, Campus Carreiros, Caixa Postal 474, 96201-900 Rio Grande RS, Brazil, email: e.muxagata@gmail.com
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Abstract

In the past half century, a number of studies have described the general composition of the mesozooplankton of Southampton Water, but little attention has been paid to the occurrence of parasitic and commensal species. In order to fill this gap, the occurrence and distribution of parasitic/commensal species was investigated in three fixed stations along the estuary in 2001/2002. A total of 16 parasitic taxa were identified, including 11 new records for the zooplankton of Southampton Water. The most frequent and abundant parasitic taxa observed in the estuary were Peltogaster paguri, Sacculina carcini, Siphonostomatoida copepodites and cryptonistic forms of isopods. This study is the first report on ‘free-forms’ of parasitic/commensal species within the mesozooplankton of Southampton Water being also a reasonable indicator of the presence of the infected/associate host in the estuary or surrounding areas.

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estuarySouthampton Waterzooplanktonparasitescommensal
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e47
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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