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Freshwater abiotic components’ impact on the viability of fish lice, Argulus sp., in Guangdong province, China

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Parasite intensity dynamics can be strongly affected by ecosystem abiotic components. We conducted this study to investigate how the intensity of Argulus sp. is influenced by physicochemical factors in three water bodies — river, fish farm, and reservoir — and to find the occurrence of Argulus sp. under different conditions. Argulus sp. specimens were collected using different methods — gill-netting 30 × 1.5 m, 40 mm mesh monofilament net and set from a small boat, beach seining and plankton net — from July 2010 until Jun 2011 at Guangdong province, China. Main water parameters taken for the assessment consisting of temperature, pH, DO, biochemical oxygen demand of 5 days (BOD5), chemical oxygen demand (COD), NH +4 , total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP). The results show that the ratio of female to male Argulus sp. during the studied period was 2.3:1. The presence and intensity of Argulus sp. were temperature-dependent and variable; pH values were lower than standers with high intensity of Argulus sp. Argulus sp. has the ability to live in low dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration. Relatively high concentrations of BOD5, COD, NH +4 , TN and TP were detected with related variable intensity of Argulus sp., which is supposed to be a freshwater fish ectoparasite found in polluted ecosystems. It is concluded that the fish ectoparasite Argulus sp. have a strong potency of genetic adaptation impacted by environmental factors. However, this needs further study in order to gain insight into the question of the likelihood of adaptation to abiotic factors’ variation.

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This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 30972179) and the Ph. D. Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (200805640004). The authors are thankful to Dr. Ahmad Katsha, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA, for his valuable advice.

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  1. College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510642, China

    Muhamd Alsarakibi & Guoqing Li

  2. College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510642, China

    Hicham Wadeh

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Alsarakibi, M., Wadeh, H. & Li, G. Freshwater abiotic components’ impact on the viability of fish lice, Argulus sp., in Guangdong province, China. Parasitol Res 111, 331–339 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-012-2844-7

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