1. Massive infestation by Amyloodinium ocellatum (Dinoflagellida) of fish in a highly saline lake, Salton Sea, California, USA.
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Kuperman BI and Matey VE
- Subjects
- Animals, California epidemiology, Dinoflagellida ultrastructure, Disease Outbreaks veterinary, Fish Diseases parasitology, Microscopy, Electron, Scanning veterinary, Protozoan Infections epidemiology, Protozoan Infections parasitology, Seasons, Sodium Chloride, Temperature, Dinoflagellida growth & development, Fish Diseases epidemiology, Protozoan Infections, Animal, Tilapia parasitology
- Abstract
Persistent fish infestation by the parasitic dinoflagellate Amyloodinium ocellatum was found at a highly saline lake, Salton Sea, California, USA. The seasonal dynamics of the infestation of young tilapia was traced in 1997-1998. First appearing in May, it became maximal in June-August, decreased in October and was not detectable in November. Outbreak of the infestation and subsequent mortality of young fish was registered at the Sea at a water temperature and salinity of 40 degrees C and 46 ppt, respectively. Some aspects of the ultrastructure of parasitic trophonts of A. ocellatum and their location on the fish from different size groups are considered. The interactions of parasitological and environmental factors and their combined effect upon fish from the Salton Sea are discussed.
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- 1999
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