Consumer and host body size effects on the removal of trematode cercariae by ambient communities.

Abstract:

:Parasite transmission can be altered via the removal of parasites by the ambient communities in which parasite-host interactions take place. However, the mechanisms driving parasite removal remain poorly understood. Using marine trematode cercariae as a model system, we investigated the effects of consumer and host body size on parasite removal rates. Laboratory experiments revealed that consumer or host body size significantly affected cercarial removal rates in crabs, oysters and cockles but not in shrimps. In general, cercarial removal rates increased with consumer (crabs and oysters) and host (cockles) body size. For the filter feeding oysters and cockles, the effects probably relate to their feeding activity which is known to correlate with bivalve size. Low infection levels found in cockle hosts suggest that parasite removal by hosts also leads to significant mortality of infective stages. The size effects of crab and shrimp predators on cercarial removal rates were more complex and did not show an expected size match-mismatch between predators and their cercarial prey, suggesting that parasite removal rates in predators are species-specific. We conclude that to have a comprehensive understanding of parasite removal by ambient communities, more research into the various mechanisms of cercarial removal is required.

journal_name

Parasitology

journal_title

Parasitology

authors

Welsh JE,Hempel A,Markovic M,van der Meer J,Thieltges DW

doi

10.1017/S0031182018001488

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-03-01 00:00:00

pages

342-347

issue

3

eissn

0031-1820

issn

1469-8161

pii

S0031182018001488

journal_volume

146

pub_type

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