<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the present study, we investigated the comparative infection levels, ecology and host-parasite interrelationship of a nematode <italic>Hysterothylacium aduncum</italic> (Rudolphi, 1802) in whiting, <italic>Merlangius merlangus</italic> (L., 1758) in southern (Sinop) and northern (Balaklava Bay) coasts of the Black Sea for the first time. Fish were collected throughout a period from May 2011 to March 2014 from local fishermen. A total of 690 fish specimens near Sinop and 423 fish near Balaklava Bay were examined for parasites. <italic>Hysterothylacium aduncum</italic> was the only nematode species identified in the digestive tract of the Black Sea whiting <italic>Merlangius merlangus</italic>. Prevalence of infection, mean intensity and mean abundance values were determined according to season, length classes and sex of fish at both localities. These infection indices were always higher in Sinop samples than those of Balaklava Bay samples.</p></abstract>

In the present study, we investigated the comparative infection levels, ecology and host-parasite interrelationship of a nematode Hysterothylacium aduncum (Rudolphi, 1802) in whiting, Merlangius merlangus (L., 1758) in southern (Sinop) and northern (Balaklava Bay) coasts of the Black Sea for the first time. Fish were collected throughout a period from May 2011 to March 2014 from local fishermen. A total of 690 fish specimens near Sinop and 423 fish near Balaklava Bay were examined for parasites. Hysterothylacium aduncum was the only nematode species identified in the digestive tract of the Black Sea whiting Merlangius merlangus. Prevalence of infection, mean intensity and mean abundance values were determined according to season, length classes and sex of fish at both localities. These infection indices were always higher in Sinop samples than those of Balaklava Bay samples.

Seasonality and host-parasite interrelationship of <italic>Hysterothylacium aduncum</italic> (Nematoda) in whiting <italic>Merlangius merlangus</italic> off the southern and northern coasts of the Black Sea

Sinop University, Faculty of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 57000 Sinop, Turkey

A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Marine Biological Research of RAS, 2 Nakhimov ave., Sevastopol 299011, Russia

Helminthologia

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Seasonality and host-parasite interrelationship of  (Nematoda) in whiting  off the southern and northern coasts of the Black Sea

In the present study, we investigated the comparative infection levels, ecology and host-parasite interrelationship of a nematode Hysterothylacium aduncum...

Seasonality and host-parasite interrelationship of Hysterothylacium aduncum (Nematoda) in whiting Merlangius merlangus off the southern and northern coasts of the Black Sea

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jul 22, 2016

Page range: 248 - 256

Received: Mar 11, 2016

Accepted: Jun 07, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0025

Keywords
parasite ecology, Black Sea

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

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Seasonality and host-parasite interrelationship of Hysterothylacium aduncum (Nematoda) in whiting Merlangius merlangus off the southern and northern coasts of the Black Sea

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jul 22, 2016

Page range: 248 - 256

Received: Mar 11, 2016

Accepted: Jun 07, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0025

Keywordsparasite ecology, Black Sea

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
parasite ecology, Black Sea