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Diversity and dynamics in larval digenean assemblages parasitizing Heleobia parchappii in a freshwater shallow lake from the Southeastern Pampa plain, Argentina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2021

Florencia Paz Campanini ,
Matías Javier Merlo ,
María Agustina Méndez Casariego  and
Manuela Parietti Open the ORCID record for Manuela Parietti [Opens in a new window]
Florencia Paz Campanini
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Parasitología, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Mar del Plata, Bueno Aires, Argentina
Matías Javier Merlo
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Parasitología, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Mar del Plata, Bueno Aires, Argentina Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente (CONICET-UNMDP), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
María Agustina Méndez Casariego
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Parasitología, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Mar del Plata, Bueno Aires, Argentina Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente (CONICET-UNMDP), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Manuela Parietti*
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Parasitología, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Mar del Plata, Bueno Aires, Argentina Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente (CONICET-UNMDP), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Author for correspondence: Manuela Parietti, E-mail: manuelaparietti@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Digeneans have important roles within ecosystems; however, it is estimated that only 14% of the species have been described. Therefore, before being able to detail their role, digenean species’ identification and the diversity present in the ecosystems must be known. In this study, the diversity and the temporal-spatial dynamics of larval digeneans in the freshwater snail Heleobia parchappii were analysed in a shallow lake. Specimens of H. parchappii were collected seasonally at three points during one year and a total of 2871 molluscs were analysed. A total of 23 species of digenea were registered and both the overall prevalence and the composition of the assemblages presented temporal and spatial variations, responding to the differential environmental conditions characteristics (anthropic effect, presence of native forests, and differential use of the habitat by the definitive hosts) of three sampled sites. The assemblages of larval digenean in their first intermediate host support the idea that this area is of great importance in biodiversity, and could be endemic areas of some species of digenean that use reptiles, amphibians and bats as hosts, groups that are at risk of conservation. Protection of these environments is a fundamental pillar in the policies for the conservation of wild flora and fauna.

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Bio-indicatorconservation prioritizationdigenean-snail systemparasite diversitytemporal-spatial dynamics
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Parasitology , Volume 149 , Issue 3 , March 2022 , pp. 347 - 355
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