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The use of fish parasites as biological indicators of anthropogenic influences in coral-reef lagoons: A case study of Apogonidae parasites in New-Caledonia
- Source :
- Marine Pollution Bulletin, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Elsevier, 2007, 54, pp.1697-1706. 〈10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.06.014〉, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Elsevier, 2007, 54, pp.1697-1706. ⟨10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.06.014⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2007.
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Abstract
- Parasite species have been widely used as fish host migration tag or as indicators of local pollution. In this paper our approach is to consider the entire parasite community as a biological indicator of the fish environmental conditions. Seven fish species belonging to the Apogonidae, Apogon bandanensis, A. cookii, A. doderleini, A. norfolkensis, A. trimaculatus, Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus and Fowleria variegata, were sampled on six stations in two bays (Grand-Rade and Sainte-Marie) around Noume´a (New-Caledonia). The two bays are submitted to urban wastewater inputs alone or combined with additional industrial inputs which influences decrease from the inner part to the entrance of each bay. A total of 592 fish were dissected for macro parasite examination. Parasites were grouped according to their taxonomical rank and development stage for the analysis. We found an inconsistent effect of the confinement between the two bays, revealing that the parasite community is not the same in the two bays. Moreover, the encysted metacercariae found in the pericardic cavity were found to be significant indicators of the specific anthropogenically impacted environmental conditions prevailing in the inner parts of the two bays. Other parasite taxa were found to be significant indicators of specific environmental conditions in one or two stations among the six sampled. Results on parasite specificity and biological life cycle of the parasite taxa found in sampled Apogonid were further compared with environmental parameters.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Cnidaria
Community
Oceanography
01 natural sciences
Apogonidae
Fish Diseases
Industrial wastewater
industrial wastewater
Parasite hosting
urban wastewater
geography.geographical_feature_category
Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus
Geography
biology
Ecology
Urban wastewater
Fishes
Biological indicators
Coral reef
Anthozoa
New-Caledonia
Pollution
Parasite
Epidemiological Monitoring
parasite
community
Coelenterata
Environmental Monitoring
Industrial Waste
Aquatic Science
Models, Biological
Risk Assessment
010603 evolutionary biology
New Caledonia
Animals
Seawater
14. Life underwater
Ecosystem
fish
geography
010604 marine biology & hydrobiology
biological indicators
biology.organism_classification
Perciformes
Fish
Bay
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0025326X
- Volume :
- 54
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Marine Pollution Bulletin
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....36690a34d25d4b9ee0e46efe0b51d5e5