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Allee effect in a manipulative parasite within poikilothermic host under temperature change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2021

Ekaterina Mironova Open the ORCID record for Ekaterina Mironova [Opens in a new window] ,
Mikhail Gopko Open the ORCID record for Mikhail Gopko [Opens in a new window] ,
Anna Pasternak ,
Viktor Mikheev  and
Jouni Taskinen Open the ORCID record for Jouni Taskinen [Opens in a new window]
Ekaterina Mironova*
Affiliation:
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskij prosp., 33, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Mikhail Gopko
Affiliation:
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskij prosp., 33, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Anna Pasternak
Affiliation:
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nahimovskiy prosp., 36, 117997 Moscow, Russia
Viktor Mikheev
Affiliation:
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskij prosp., 33, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Jouni Taskinen
Affiliation:
Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FIN-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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Author for correspondence: Ekaterina Mironova, E-mail: katya_mironova@mail.ru
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Abstract

Temperature and intraspecific competition are important factors influencing the growth of all organisms, including parasites. The temperature increase is suggested to stimulate the development of parasites within poikilothermic hosts. However, at high parasite densities, this effect could be diminished, due to stronger intraspecific competition. Our study, for the first time, addressed the joint effects of warming and parasite abundances on parasite growth in poikilothermic hosts. The growth of the common fish parasite larvae (trematode Diplostomum pseudospathaceum) within the rainbow trout at different infection intensities and temperatures (15°C and 18°C) was experimentally investigated. The results showed that temperature was positively correlated with both parasite infection success and growth rates. The growth rates increased much more compared to those in many free-living poikilothermic animals. Atypically for a majority of parasites, D. pseudospathaceum larvae grow faster when abundant (Allee effect). The possible causes for this phenomenon (manipulation cost sharing, etc.) are discussed in this study. Importantly, limited evidence of the interaction between temperature and population density was found. It is likely that temperature did not change the magnitude of the Allee effect but affected its timing. The impact of these effects is supposed to become more pronounced in freshwater ecosystems under current climate changes.

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Crowding effectDiplostomum pseudospathaceumeye flukeinfection intensitiesmetacercariaeOncorhynchus mykissparasite growthsize variationthermal response
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Parasitology , Volume 149 , Issue 1 , January 2022 , pp. 35 - 43
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These authors contributed equally to this work

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