Biogeography of parasites of Pleuronectiformes (Pisces) in the North Atlantic

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2004

Authors

Marques, JF (Author) Other; Santos, MJ (Author) FCUP; Cabral, HN (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: Multidisciplinarity for Parasites, Vectors and Parasitic Diseases, Vol 2

Pages: 493-497

9th European Multicolloquium of Parasitology

Valencia, SPAIN, JUL 18-23, 2004

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FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Health sciences

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Authenticus ID: P-000-D8Q

Abstract (EN): Although there is a striking paucity of studies using parasites as indicators of large-scale zoogeographical patterns, they seem to be a good model to study biogeography, as their distributions do not exactly correspond to that of their hosts. Parasite communities infecting six families of Pleuronectiformes inhabiting the North Atlantic, Baltic Sea, North Sea and Mediterranean Sea, were investigated for macroparasites to give an insight into the most relevant factors determining parasite-host assemblages. Multidimensional scaling (MDS) and cluster analysis, using Jaccard index, were performed at species and family level, indicating that for many flatfish parasites, the important association may be at the host family level, and the important role of the sympatric area of the Iberian Peninsula coast in parasite biogeography.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5