caa a22 4500 445339446 CHVBK 20180317142807.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00436-010-2220-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00436-010-2220-4 Monthly variation in the parasite communities of the intertidal fish Scartichthys viridis (Blenniidae) from central Chile: are there seasonal patterns? [Elektronische Daten] [Gabriela Muñoz, Haseeb Randhawa] Monthly variation in parasite populations and communities, from the blenniid fish Scartichthys viridis, were assessed during two consecutive years in order to examine monthly and seasonal temporal patterns. A total of 969 S. viridis was collected from September 2006 to August 2008 in central Chile. Sample size and fish total length (TL) varied among months. The S. viridis parasite community included 17 parasite taxa, of which five species were present throughout the year: a leech (Piscicolidae gen. sp.), two copepods (Lepeophtheirus zbigniewi and Colobomatus sp.), a monogenean (Microcotyle sp.) and a trematode (Lecithasteridae gen. sp.). The parasite prevalence, abundance and biovolume varied among months. More precisely, the leech and the copepod Colobomatus sp. were the most prevalent and abundant parasites, reaching their maxima between November and January (austral spring-summer). The parasite communities also showed seasonal patterns; prevalence, abundance and species richness of parasites were higher between October and January (spring-summer) than between March and May (autumn-winter). The population and community descriptors of parasites were significantly correlated with fish TL. Consequently, the variation in parasite populations and communities was associated with fish growth throughout the year. Postlarval settlement of S. viridis, in the intertidal rocky pools, occurs in autumn, with fish reaching larger body size in summer. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Muñoz Gabriela Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Valparaíso, Casilla 5080, Reñaca, Viña del Mar, Chile aut Randhawa Haseeb Department of Zoology, University of Otago, 340 Great King Street, 9054, Dunedin, New Zealand aut Parasitology Research Springer-Verlag 109/1(2011-07-01), 53-62 0932-0113 109:1<53 2011 109 436 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-010-2220-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-010-2220-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Muñoz Gabriela Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Valparaíso, Casilla 5080, Reñaca, Viña del Mar, Chile aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Randhawa Haseeb Department of Zoology, University of Otago, 340 Great King Street, 9054, Dunedin, New Zealand aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Parasitology Research Springer-Verlag 109/1(2011-07-01), 53-62 0932-0113 109:1<53 2011 109 436 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer