Publication Date:
2021-06-28
Description:
Thirteen hundred and seventy-three striped bass, Marone saxatilis, were collected from the San FranciscoBay-Delta area to correlate host diet with parasitic infections and to determine the prevalence, intensity, longevity, and persistence of larval Anisakis sp. nematodes and the metacestode Lacistorhynchus tenuis. There is an increase in the prevalence and intensity of Anisakis sp. and in the intensity of L. tenuis with increase of age of the host. These increases are probably related to the diet and the persistence of tbe parasites. The infections of bothspecies are overdispersed. San Francisco Bay striped bass are an incompatible host for both species of parasites.Degenerated Anisakis sp. will remain in lhe host for at least 8 months and L. tenuis metacestodes for 22 months.The occurrence of several other species of parasites and a tumor are also reported. (PDF file contains 10 pages.)
Keywords:
Ecology
;
Fisheries
;
Biology
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
monograph
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
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