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Seasonal occurrence and metrical variability of Gyrodactylus rhodei Žitňan 1964 (Monogenea, Gyrodactylidae)

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The seasonal dynamics of Gyrodactylus rhodei, a monogenean ectoparasite of bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus), was studied from June 2000 to May 2001 in the Kyjovka River, Czech Republic. A negative relationship between prevalence and intensity of infection of G. rhodei and water temperature was found. Metrical variability of the hard parts of the parasite haptor was studied throughout the sampling season. A negative relationship between water temperature and the size of the hard parts of the G. rhodei haptor was evident in the measurements of the total length of the marginal hooks, the sickle length of marginal hooks, anchors, anchor point and root, the width of the ventral bar and the membrane processes. Sequences of the partial ITS (rDNA) of specimens collected during the cold and warm seasons were analysed. Sequences of all studied parasite specimens were identical and there was no evidence of intraspecific variability in the sequenced region.

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We would like to thank Markéta Ondračková, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences Brno, Czech Republic for help with collecting material. We also thank Pavel Jurajda and Martin Reichard from the Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic, for kindly helping with the electrofishing. The work was supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (no. 524/02/0924) and The Research Project of the Masaryk University (no. MSM 0021622416). I.M. was supported by an EC Marie Curie Individual Fellowship QLK5-CT-2001-51038.

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  1. Department of Zoology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37, Brno, Czech Republic

    M. Dávidová, I. Matějusová & M. Gelnar

  2. Centre of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 , Brno, Czech Republic

    J. Jarkovský

  3. FRS Marine Laboratory, Victoria Road, P.O.Box 101, AB11 9DB, Aberdeen , Scotland

    I. Matějusová

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Dávidová, M., Jarkovský, J., Matějusová, I. et al. Seasonal occurrence and metrical variability of Gyrodactylus rhodei Žitňan 1964 (Monogenea, Gyrodactylidae). Parasitol Res 95, 398–405 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-005-1311-0

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