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Do different parasite species interact in their effects on host fitness? A case study on parasites of the amphipod Paracalliope fluviatilis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 2011

C. A. RAUQUE ,
R. A. PATERSON ,
R. POULIN  and
D. M. TOMPKINS
C. A. RAUQUE*
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Parasitología, INIBIOMA (CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue), 1250 Quintral, San Carlos de Bariloche 8400, Argentina
R. A. PATERSON
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
R. POULIN
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
D. M. TOMPKINS
Affiliation:
Landcare Research, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
*
*Corresponding author: Laboratorio de Parasitología, INIBIOMA (CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue), 1250 Quintral, San Carlos de Bariloche 8400, Argentina. Tel: +54 2944 423374. Fax: +54 2944 422111. E-mail: crauque@crub.uncoma.edu.ar
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Summary

There is a gap in our understanding of the relative and interactive effects of different parasite species on the same host population. Here we examine the effects of the acanthocephalan Acanthocephalus galaxii, an unidentified cyclophyllidean cestode, and the trematodes Coitocaecum parvum and Microphallus sp. on several fitness components of the amphipod Paracalliope fluviatilis, using a combination of infection surveys and both survival and behavioural trials. In addition to significant relationships between specific parasites and measures of amphipod survival, maturity, mating success and behaviour, interactions between parasite species with respect to amphipod photophilia were also significant. While infection by either A. galaxii or C. parvum was associated with increased photophilia, such increases were negated by co-infection with Microphallus sp. We hypothesize that this is due to the more subtle manipulative effect of A. galaxii and C. parvum being impaired by Microphallus sp. We conclude that the low frequency at which such double infections occur in our sampled population means that such interactions are unlikely to be important beyond the scale of the host individual. Whether or not this is generally true, implying that parasitological models and theory based on single parasite species studies do generally hold, requires cross-species meta-analytical studies.

Keywords

Paracalliope fluviatilishost fitnessparasiteshost behaviourreproductionsurvivalMicrophallus sp.Acanthocephalus galaxiiCoitocaecum parvumCyclophyllidea sp
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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 138 , Issue 9 , August 2011 , pp. 1176 - 1182
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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