Project information
Diversity of parasites of early stages of fish development under conditions of fragmentated habitats
- Project Identification
- GA524/02/0924
- Project Period
- 1/2002 - 12/2004
- Investor / Pogramme / Project type
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Czech Science Foundation
- Standard Projects
- MU Faculty or unit
- Faculty of Science
- Cooperating Organization
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Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the ASCR, v. v. i.
- Responsible person Ing. Pavel Jurajda, Ph.D.
Based on the current knowledge on composition and structure of parasite communities seems to be highly affected by organisms of hosts. However, on the othe hand, there is rather very limited knowledge, how species richness and structure of host fish community is affecting the species richness and structure of community offish parasites on both component and infracommunity level. Numerous studies have recognized parasitism as significant factor that may affect host natural population dynamics (Begon et al. 1992; Hudson and Dobson 1989; Scott 1988). Parasites are known to potentially decrease the survival or the reproduction of host populations (Minchella and Scott 1991), and parasitism is now largely taking into account in studies of biodiversity (Viggers et al. 1993; Sasal et al. 2000). As parasites may have negative effects on their hosts, it is thus of great importance to characterize the determinants of parasite species diversity (Poulin and Morand 2000). From this reason, the main purpose of
Publications
Total number of publications: 5
2005
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Inter-calibration of three electric fishing techniques to estimate 0+ juvenile fish densities on sandy river beaches.
Fisheries Management and Ecology, year: 2005, volume: 12, edition: 3
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Nematode infections of the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus Pallas, 1776: Cypriniformes)
Helminthologia, year: 2005, volume: 42, edition: 1
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Seasonal occurrence and metrical variability of Gyrodactylus rhodei Žitňan, 1964 (Monogenea, Gyrodactylidae)
Parasitology Research, year: 2005, volume: 2005, edition: 95
2004
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New reports of dactylogyridean species (Monogenea) for Central Europe
Helminthologia, year: 2004, volume: 41, edition: 2
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Posthodiplostomum cuticola (Digenea: Diplostomatidae) in intemediate fish hosts: factors contributing to the parasite infection and prey selection by the definitive bird host
Parasitology, year: 2004, volume: 129, edition: 6