Parasite Community Structure of Largemouth Bass, Warmouth, and Bluegill in Lake Fort Smith, Arkansas
- 1 April 1975
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
- Vol. 104 (2) , 277-283
- https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1975)104<277:pcsolb>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Fish parasite community structure was studied on largemouth bass, warmouth, and bluegill from Lake Fort Smith, Arkansas during July 1970 through June 1971. Individual diversity () did not fluctuate appreciably on a seasonal basis in any of the hosts. When individual diversity () increased, redundancy (R) tended to decrease, and vice versa. Community diversity () displayed greater seasonal fluctuations than individual diversity (), with highest values in late winter and early spring. There was no significant difference in parasite community structure between sexes of hosts. Community diversity (d) tended to increase with age of hosts. Individual diversity () increased with age of warmouth, but not of largemouth bass and bluegill. Negative correlations between Posthodiplostomum minimum metacercaria and Proteocephalus ambloplitis plerocercoids suggested possible antagonism between these two parasites.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: