Journal of Wildlife Diseases · 1972 · 15 citations · 0 references
Life SciencesBiologyEcologyInsect EcologyInvertebrate ZoologyParasitologyAquatic Parasite EcologyFish ParasitesParasite DistributionParasites Of ReptilesWildlife Parasite EcologyZoogeography Of ParasitesInvertebrate Parasite EcologyParasite Abundance PatternsParasite SeasonalitySeasonal Parasite DynamicsSeasonal Variation In ParasitesSeasonal Variation In ParasitismSpecies Abundance PatternsTaxon Abundance Patterns
Nine species of Monogenea of the subfamily Ancyrocephalinae were collected from Lepomis macrochirus in Walter F. George Reservoir at 2 week intervals from December 1967 to January 1969. The abundance patterns and size of the organism formed three distinct groups: (1) The large species most abundant during the autumn and least abundant during the mid summer period were Anchoradiscus triangularis and Clavunculus bifurcatus; (2) the large species most abundant during the spring and least abundant during the mid summer period were Lyrodiscus seminolensis and Cleidodiscus robustus; and (3) the small species abundant during the summer but having a prewinter peak at water temperatures near 10 C were Actinocleidus fergusoni, Urocleidus dispar, U. ferox, U. acer and Cleidodiscus nematocirrus.