Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Comparative studies on goby (Teleostei) parasite communities from the North and Baltic Sea

  • Original Paper
  • Published:
Parasitology Research Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The parasite communities of three goby species from the marine North and the brackish Baltic Sea were compared. The samples of summer 1992/93 from Helgoland, Lübeck and Kiel Bight comprised a parasite spectrum of 4–5 in Pomatoschistus microps, 2–3 in P. pictus or 3–8 parasite species in Gobiusculus flavescens. The highest numbers were found in Kiel Bight whereas those of Helgoland and Lübeck Bight differed between 3 and 7, respectively. In comparing the species identity of the studied localities the value was intermediate in P. microps, low in P. pictus and zero in G. flavescens. Values of prevalence and abundance were clearly lower in Helgoland than in Baltic localities. The prey of Helgoland goby populations comprised meio- and macrobenthos in P. microps, predominantly macrobenthos but also meiobenthos and some plankton in P. pictus, and predominantly plankton and some benthos in G. flavescens. Former studies (Zander in J Zool Syst Evol Res 32:220 1994) revealed a greater variability of prey choice in the Baltic. The greater parasite richness in the Baltic compared with that of Helgoland, may lie on better adaptations of genuine brackish components, lower defence mechanisms of hosts as a consequence of lower salinity, and greater variability in habitat choice. The effect of several filters on the colonisation of parasites in hosts is submitted here in a model.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Becker GA (1990) Die Nordsee als physikalisches System. In: Lozan JL, Lenz W, Rachor E, Watermann B, von Westernhagen H (eds) Warnsignale aus der Nordsee. Parey, Berlin, pp 11–27

    Google Scholar 

  • Blessin H (1992) Der Einfluss von Algenablagerungen auf das Benthos der SW Ostsee. Univ Hamburg, Diploma, p129

  • Bush AO, Aho JM, Kennedy CR (1990) Ecological versus phylogenetic determinants of helminth parasite community richness. Evolution Ecol 4:1–20

    Google Scholar 

  • Bush AO, Lafferty KD, Lotz JM, Shostak AW (1997) Parasitology meets ecology on its own terms: Margolis et al. revisited. J Parasitol 83:575–583

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Bush AO, Fernández JC, Esch GW, Seed JR (2003) Parasitism–the diversity and ecology of animal parasites. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    Google Scholar 

  • Derksen D (1978) Einfluss des Salzgehaltes auf Exkretionsorgane bei Pomatoschistus microps (Gobiidae: Pisces), unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Niere. Diploma, Univ Hamburg, p 94

  • Gerlach SA (1990) Stickstoff, Phosphor, Plankton und Sauerstoffmangel in der Deutschen Bucht und Kieler Bucht. Ber Umweltbundesamt 4/90. Erich Schmidt-Verlag, Berlin, p 357

    Google Scholar 

  • Gollasch S, Zander CD (1995) Population dynamics and parasitation of planktonic and epibenthic crustaceans in the Baltic Schlei fjord. Helgol Meeresunters 49:759–770

    Google Scholar 

  • Groenewold S, Berghahn R, Zander CD (1996) Parasite communities in four fish species in the Wadden Sea and the role of fish discarded by the shrimp fisheries in parasite transmission. Helgol Meeresunters 50:69–85

    Google Scholar 

  • Hamerlynck O, Geets A, van Damme P (1989) The parasites of two sympatric gobies Pomatoaschistus minutus and P. lozanoi in the Belgian coastal waters. Verhandel Symp “Invertebraten van Belgie“ pp 27–30

  • Holmes JC (1990) Helminth communities in marine fish. In: Esch GW, Bush AO, Aho JM (eds) Parasite communities: pattern and processes. Chapman and Hall, London, pp 101–130

    Google Scholar 

  • Josten N (2004) Die Parasitengemeinschaften der Flensburger Förde und die Populationsdynamik ihrer Wirte. Thesis, Univ Hamburg, 230pp

  • Kesting V, Zander CD (2000) Alteration of the metazoan parasite fauna in the brackish Schlei fjord (northern Germany, Baltic Sea). Int Rev Hydrobiol 85:325–340

    Google Scholar 

  • Kesting V, Gollasch S, Zander CD (1996) Parasite communities of the Schlei Fjord (Baltic coast of northern Germany). Helgol Meeresunters 50:477–496

    Google Scholar 

  • Køie M (1983) Digenetic trematodes from Limanda limanda (L.) (Osteichthyes, Pleuronectidae) from Danish and adjacent waters, with special reference to their life-histories. Ophelia 22:201–228

    Google Scholar 

  • Køie M (1984) Digenetic trematodes from Gadus morhua L. (Osteichthyes, Gadidae) from Danish and adjacent waters, with special reference to their life-histories. Ophelia 23:195–222

    Google Scholar 

  • Køie M (1995) The life cycle of Contracaecum osculatum (Rudolphi, 1802) sensu stricto (Nematoda, Ascaroidea, Anisakidae) in view of experimental infections. Parasitol Res 81:481–489

    Google Scholar 

  • Marcogliese DJ (2002) Food webs and the transmission of parasites to marine fish. Parasitol 124:S83–S99

    Google Scholar 

  • Matthäus W (1996) Ozeanographische Besonderheiten. In: Lozan JL, Lampe R, Matthäus W, Rachor E, Rumohr H, von Westernhagen H (eds) Warnsignale aus der Ostsee. Parey, Berlin, pp 17–24

    Google Scholar 

  • Möller-Buchner J (1981) Untersuchungen zum Parasitenbefall von Pomatoschistus microps (Gobiidae, Pisces) in der Unterelbe. Arch Hydrobiol Suppl 61:59–83

    Google Scholar 

  • Möller-Buchner J (1987) Untersuchungen zur Parasitenfauna drei- und neunstachliger Stichlinge (Gasterosteus aculeatus L. und Pungitius pungitius (L.)) aus Elbe, Eider und Schlei. Thesis, Univ Hamburg, 230 pp

  • Reimer LW (1970) Digene Trematoden und Cestoden der Ostseefische als natürliche Fischmarken. Parasitol SchrReihe 20:1–144

    Google Scholar 

  • Reimer LW (1973) Das Auftreten eines Fischtrematoden der Gattung Asymphylodora Loos, 1899, bei Nereis diversicolor O.F. Müller als Beispiel für einen Alternativzyklus. Zool Anz 191:187–191

    Google Scholar 

  • Remane A (1958) Ökologie des Brackwassers. In: Remane A, Schlieper C (eds) Die Biologie des Brackwassers. Binnengewässer 12:1–126

  • Strohbach U (1999) Vergleichende Untersuchungen zur Populationsdynamik und Parasitenfauna ausgewählter benthischer und planktischer Crustaceen sowie Gastropoden im Bereich der Kieler und Lübecker Bucht (SW-Ostsee). Thesis, Univ Hamburg, 196 pp

  • Zander CD (1994) Einnischung von fünf Grundeln (Teleostei, Gobiidae) der Ostsee und ihre Deutung mit Hilfe der Präadaptationstheorie. J Zool Syst Evol Res 32:220–234

    Google Scholar 

  • Zander CD (1997) Parasit-Wirt-Beziehungen–Einführung in die ökologische Parasitologie. Springer, Heidelberg

    Google Scholar 

  • Zander CD (2001) The guild as a concept and means in ecological parasitology. Parasitol Res 87:484–488

    Google Scholar 

  • Zander CD (2002) The influence of eutrophication on parasite communities in the Baltic Sea. Proceedings of the 10th international congress parasitology ICOPA, vol. 10, pp 247–253

  • Zander CD (2004) Four-year monitoring of parasite communities in gobiid fishes of the south-western Baltic. II. Infracommunity. Parasitol Res 93:17–29

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zander CD (2005) Four-year monitoring of parasite communities in gobiid fishes of the south-western Baltic. III. Parasite species diversity and applicability of monitoring. Parasitol Res 95(2):136–144

    Google Scholar 

  • Zander CD, Kesting V (1996) The indicator properties of parasite communities of gobies from Kiel and Lübeck Bight. Appl Parasitol 37:186–204

    Google Scholar 

  • Zander CD, Kesting V (1998) Colonization and seasonality of goby (Teleostei, Gobiidae) parasites from the southwestern Baltic Sea. Parasitol Res 84:459–466

    Google Scholar 

  • Zander CD, Reimer LW (2002) Parasitism at the ecosystem level in the Baltic Sea. Parasitol 124:S119–S135

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zander CD, Kollra G, Antholz B, Meyer W, Westphal D (1984) Small-sized euryhaline fish as intermediate hosts of the digenetic trematode Cryptocotyle concavum. Helgol Meeresunters. 37:433–443

    Google Scholar 

  • Zander CD, Strohbach U, Groenewold S (1993) The importance of gobies (Gobiidae, Teleostei) as hosts and transmitters of parasites in the SW Baltic. Helgol Meeresunters 47:81–111

    Google Scholar 

  • Zander CD, Reimer LW, Barz K (1999) Parasite communities of the Salzhaff (Northwest Mecklenburg, Baltic Sea) I. Structure and dynamics of communities of littoral fish, especially small-sized fish. Parasitol Res 85:356–372

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zander CD, Reimer LW, Barz K Dietel G, Strohbach U (2000) Parasite communities of the Salzhaff (Northwest Mecklenburg, Baltic Sea) II. Guild communities, with special regard to snails, benthic crustaceans and small-sized fish. Parasitol Res 86:359–372

    Google Scholar 

  • Zander CD, Koçoglu Ö, Skroblies M, Strohbach U (2002) Parasite populations and communities from the shallow littoral of the Orther Bight (Fehmarn, SW Baltic Sea). Parasitol Res 88:734–744

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

I wish to thank Udo Schilling (Helgoland), Anja Cuesta-Linker, Bettina Kasper, Christine Schiro, Uwe Strohbach and Gesche Winkler for help during the diving operations, Karsten Brugmann, Stefan Groenewold, Alexandra N. Sommer and Uwe Strohbach for help in preparing the gobies.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146, Hamburg, Germany

    C. Dieter Zander

Authors
  1. C. Dieter Zander
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to C. Dieter Zander.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Zander, C.D. Comparative studies on goby (Teleostei) parasite communities from the North and Baltic Sea. Parasitol Res 96, 62–68 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-005-1327-5

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-005-1327-5

Keywords

Search

Navigation