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Glochidia Infection of Endemic Fishes from Lake Prespa, N. Macedonia (2023)
Blazhekovikj-Dimovska, D., Stojanovski, S., Taskinen, J., Smiljkov, S., & Rimcheska, B. (2023). Glochidia Infection of Endemic Fishes from Lake Prespa, N. Macedonia. Hydrobiology, 2(1), 36-43. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrobiology2010003
JYU-tekijät tai -toimittajat
Julkaisun tiedot
Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Blazhekovikj-Dimovska, Dijana; Stojanovski, Stojmir; Taskinen, Jouni; Smiljkov, Stoe; Rimcheska, Biljana
Lehti tai sarja: Hydrobiology
eISSN: 2673-9917
Julkaisuvuosi: 2023
Ilmestymispäivä: 31.12.2022
Volyymi: 2
Lehden numero: 1
Artikkelin sivunumerot: 36-43
Kustantaja: MDPI AG
Julkaisumaa: Sveitsi
Julkaisun kieli: englanti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrobiology2010003
Julkaisun avoin saatavuus: Avoimesti saatavilla
Julkaisukanavan avoin saatavuus: Kokonaan avoin julkaisukanava
Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/84840
Tiivistelmä
Large freshwater mussels (Unionida) are long-lived, have large bodies, and produce thousands to millions of larvae (glochidia) that usually must attach to host fish tissue to complete their life cycle. This is an obligate parasitic stage of mussel larvae. However, less than one in onemillion find a suitable host and survive. The degree of host specificity varies among unionid species, from specialists that can successfully parasitize only one or a few closely related fish species to generalists that can complete development on a taxonomically broad range of fish species. In addition, freshwater mussels are among the most threatened groups of animals. This is due to habitat destruction, the introduction of non-native species, and the loss of host fish on which their larvae (glochidia) are obligate parasites. Glochidiosis harms fish by affecting their growth; on the other hand, freshwater mussels play an important role in freshwaters by improving water quality and ridding the water of bacteria, algae, and pollutants, they are an indicator species of water quality. During our parasitological survey of fish from the Macedonian part of Lake Prespa in April 2022, many glochidia were found on the gills, skin, and fins of two endemic fishes, Prespa roach (Rutilus prespensis) and Prespa nase (Chondrostoma prespense), in the range of tens to thousands on one host. We thus recorded these two endemic species as new hosts of A. cygnea.
YSO-asiasanat: parasitismi; toukat; simpukat; isojärvisimpukka; isäntälajit; kalat; särkikalat; vedenlaatu
Vapaat asiasanat: swan mussel; glochidia parasites; cyprinid fish; Rutilus prespensis; Chondrostoma prespense
Liittyvät organisaatiot
OKM-raportointi: Kyllä
Raportointivuosi: 2023