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Nishino D, Nishida T, Yoshiyama K. Feeding of mussel-associated leeches Hemiclepsis kasmiana on bitterling embryos: Novel interaction between parasites in a shared host. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2023; 103:1232-1236. [PMID: 37492980 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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We investigated an interaction between bitterlings and a parasitic leech Hemiclepsis kasmiana in freshwater mussel hosts. We found that leeches fed on bitterling eggs and embryos; this may exert a considerable negative effect on bitterling fitness. Host choices by females of three bitterling species may be differently affected by the presence of leeches within mussels; Tanakia limbata apparently avoided laying eggs in infested mussels while T. lanceolata and Acheilognathus rhombeus did not. Our novel findings suggest that relationships between the parasitic leech and the host mussel may be context dependent.
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- Daiki Nishino
- Graduate School of Environmental Science, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Japan
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Lewisch E, Arnold F, Fuehrer HP, Harl J, Thielen F, El-Matbouli M. Parasites and their impact on thick-shelled river mussels Unio crassus from two populations in Luxembourg. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS 2023; 153:31-43. [PMID: 36794839 DOI: 10.3354/dao03718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The thick-shelled river mussel Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788 is a species native to many European habitats, with declining populations. The impact of parasite communities on health status of this species is poorly understood. In this study, parasites of 30 U. crassus specimens from the Our and Sauer Rivers in Luxembourg were identified morphologically and, in some cases, using molecular genetic methods. The findings were correlated to selected parameters (total length, visceral weight, shell lesions, gonadal stage). The 2 populations did not differ in shell length, visceral weight, number of males and females, gonadal scoring, shell lesions, and the occurrence of glochidia. The prevalence and infestation intensities of detected Trichodina sp., Conchophthirus sp., and freshwater mite larvae did not differ between the 2 populations, whereas the prevalence and infestation intensities of mite eggs, nymphs, and adults were significantly higher in the Sauer River. Rhipidocotyle campanula and European bitterling Rhodeus amarus larvae were only present in the Sauer. Histopathology revealed the destruction of the gonads by R. campanula and tissue damage by the mites. The only significant correlation of the selected parameters was a positive correlation between R. amarus occurrence and total length as well as a negative correlation between R. amarus occurrence and gonadal stage. In the Sauer River, 2 mussels were found to be hermaphrodites.
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- E Lewisch
- Clinical Division of Fish Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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Li F, Smith C, Kawamura K, Vetešník L, Arai R, Reichard M. Unusual egg shape diversity in bitterling fishes. Ecology 2022; 103:e3816. [DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Fan Li
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Brno Czech Republic
- Shanghai Natural History Museum, Branch of Shanghai Science and Technology Museum Shanghai China
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Brno Czech Republic
- Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology University of Łódź Łódź Poland
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Brno Czech Republic
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- Department of Zoology, University Museum University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Brno Czech Republic
- Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology University of Łódź Łódź Poland
- Department of Botany & Zoology, Faculty of Science Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic
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Brian JI, Reynolds SA, Aldridge DC. Parasitism dramatically alters the ecosystem services provided by freshwater mussels. Funct Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Joshua I. Brian
- Aquatic Ecology Group, The David Attenborough Building, Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge United Kingdom
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- Aquatic Ecology Group, The David Attenborough Building, Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge United Kingdom
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- Aquatic Ecology Group, The David Attenborough Building, Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge United Kingdom
- BioRISC, St Catharine’s College Cambridge UK
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Integrating an individual-based model with approximate Bayesian computation to predict the invasion of a freshwater fish provides insights into dispersal and range expansion dynamics. Biol Invasions 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-020-02197-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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AbstractShort-distance dispersal enables introduced alien species to colonise and invade local habitats following their initial introduction, but is often poorly understood for many freshwater taxa. Knowledge gaps in range expansion of alien species can be overcome using predictive approaches such as individual based models (IBMs), especially if predictions can be improved through fitting to empirical data, but this can be challenging for models having multiple parameters. We therefore estimated the parameters of a model implemented in the RangeShifter IBM platform by approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) in order to predict the further invasion of a lowland river (Great Ouse, England) by a small-bodied invasive fish (bitterling Rhodeus sericeus). Prior estimates for parameters were obtained from the literature and expert opinion. Model fitting was conducted using a time-series (1983 to 2018) of sampling data at fixed locations and revealed that for 5 of 11 model parameters, the posterior distributions differed markedly from prior assumptions. In particular, sub-adult maximum emigration probability was substantially higher in the posteriors than priors. Simulations of bitterling range expansion predicted that following detection in 1984, their early expansion involved a relatively high population growth rate that stabilised after 5 years. The pattern of bitterling patch occupancy was sigmoidal, with 20% of the catchment occupied after 20 years, increasing to 80% after 30 years. Predictions were then for 95% occupancy after 69 years. The development of this IBM thus successfully simulated the range expansion dynamics of this small-bodied invasive fish, with ABC improving the simulation precision. This combined methodology also highlighted that sub-adult dispersal was more likely to contribute to the rapid colonisation rate than expert opinion suggested. These results emphasise the importance of time-series data for refining IBM parameters generally and increasing our understanding of dispersal behaviour and range expansion dynamics specifically.
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Methling C, Douda K, Reichard M. Intensity-dependent energetic costs in a reciprocal parasitic relationship. Oecologia 2019; 191:285-294. [PMID: 31494712 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-019-04504-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Parasitic infections elicit host defences that pose energetic trade-offs with other fitness-related traits. Bitterling fishes and unionid mussels are involved in a two-way parasitic interaction. Bitterling exploit mussels by ovipositing into their gills. In turn, mussel larvae (glochidia) develop on the epidermis and gills of fish. Hosts have evolved behavioural responses to reduce parasite load, suggesting that glochidia and bitterling parasitism are costly. We examined the energetic cost of parasitism on both sides of this relationship. We used intermittent flow-through respirometry to measure (1) standard metabolic rate (SMR) of individual duck mussels Anodonta anatina (a common bitterling host) before and during infection by embryos of the European bitterling Rhodeus amarus, and (2) SMR and maximum oxygen uptake (MO2max) of individual R. amarus before and during infection with glochidia of the Chinese pond mussel Sinanodonta woodiana (a mussel species that successfully infects bitterling). As predicted, we observed an increase in mussel SMR when infected by bitterling embryos and an increased SMR in glochidia-infected bitterling, though this was significantly mediated by the time post-infection. Contrary to our predictions, glochidia infection did not impair MO2max and the number of glochidia attached to gills positively (rather than negatively) correlated with MO2max. The results suggest that tolerance is the prevailing coping mechanism for both fish and mussels when infected, while resistance mechanisms appear to be confined to the behavioural level.
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- Caroline Methling
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Methling C, Douda K, Liu H, Rouchet R, Bartáková V, Yu D, Smith C, Reichard M. Energetic costs in the relationship between bitterling and mussels in East Asia. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Caroline Methling
- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Brno, Czech Republic
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Brno, Czech Republic
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- The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland
- School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
- Bell Pettigrew Museum of Natural History, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Brno, Czech Republic
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Rouchet R, Smith C, Liu H, Methling C, Douda K, Yu D, Tang Q, Reichard M. Avoidance of host resistance in the oviposition-site preferences of rose bitterling. Evol Ecol 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10682-017-9907-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Phillips A, Reichard M, Smith C. Sex differences in the responses to oviposition site cues by a fish revealed by tests with an artificial host. Anim Behav 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Smith C. Bayesian inference supports the host selection hypothesis in explaining adaptive host specificity by European bitterling. Oecologia 2016; 183:379-389. [PMID: 27888335 PMCID: PMC5306149 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3780-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 11/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Generalist parasites have the capacity to infect multiple hosts. The temporal pattern of host specificity by generalist parasites is rarely studied, but is critical to understanding what variables underpin infection and thereby the impact of parasites on host species and the way they impose selection on hosts. Here, the temporal dynamics of infection of four species of freshwater mussel by European bitterling fish (Rhodeus amarus) was investigated over three spawning seasons. Bitterling lay their eggs in the gills of freshwater mussels, which suffer reduced growth, oxygen stress, gill damage and elevated mortality as a result of parasitism. The temporal pattern of infection of mussels by European bitterling in multiple populations was examined. Using a Bernoulli Generalized Additive Mixed Model with Bayesian inference it was demonstrated that one mussel species, Unio pictorum, was exploited over the entire bitterling spawning season. As the season progressed, bitterling showed a preference for other mussel species, which were inferior hosts. Temporal changes in host use reflected elevated density-dependent mortality in preferred hosts that were already infected. Plasticity in host specificity by bitterling conformed with the predictions of the host selection hypothesis. The relationship between bitterling and their host mussels differs qualitatively from that of avian brood parasites.
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- Carl Smith
- School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK. .,Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic. .,Bell-Pettigrew Museum of Natural History, University of St Andrews, Bute Building, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9TS, UK.
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Reichard M, Douda K, Przybyłski M, Popa OP, Karbanová E, Matasová K, Rylková K, Polačik M, Blažek R, Smith C. Population-specific responses to an invasive species. Proc Biol Sci 2016; 282:20151063. [PMID: 26180070 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Predicting the impacts of non-native species remains a challenge. As populations of a species are genetically and phenotypically variable, the impact of non-native species on local taxa could crucially depend on population-specific traits and adaptations of both native and non-native species. Bitterling fishes are brood parasites of unionid mussels and unionid mussels produce larvae that parasitize fishes. We used common garden experiments to measure three key elements in the bitterling-mussel association among two populations of an invasive mussel (Anodonta woodiana) and four populations of European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus). The impact of the invasive mussel varied between geographically distinct R. amarus lineages and between local populations within lineages. The capacity of parasitic larvae of the invasive mussel to exploit R. amarus was higher in a Danubian than in a Baltic R. amarus lineage and in allopatric than in sympatric R. amarus populations. Maladaptive oviposition by R. amarus into A. woodiana varied among populations, with significant population-specific consequences for R. amarus recruitment. We suggest that variation in coevolutionary states may predispose different populations to divergent responses. Given that coevolutionary relationships are ubiquitous, population-specific attributes of invasive and native populations may play a critical role in the outcome of invasion. We argue for a shift from a species-centred to population-centred perspective of the impacts of invasions.
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- Martin Reichard
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, Brno 603 65, Czech Republic
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- Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Prague 165 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, University of Łodz, Banacha 12/16, Łodz 90-237, Poland
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- Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History, Kiseleff Street, no. 1, Bucharest 011341, Romania
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- Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Prague 165 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Prague 165 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Prague 165 00, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, Brno 603 65, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, Brno 603 65, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, Brno 603 65, Czech Republic School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 8LB, UK
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Chang CH, Li F, Shao KT, Lin YS, Morosawa T, Kim S, Koo H, Kim W, Lee JS, He S, Smith C, Reichard M, Miya M, Sado T, Uehara K, Lavoué S, Chen WJ, Mayden RL. Phylogenetic relationships of Acheilognathidae (Cypriniformes: Cyprinoidea) as revealed from evidence of both nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequence variation: evidence for necessary taxonomic revision in the family and the identification of cryptic species. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2014; 81:182-94. [PMID: 25238947 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.08.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2014] [Revised: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 08/29/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Bitterlings are relatively small cypriniform species and extremely interesting evolutionarily due to their unusual reproductive behaviors and their coevolutionary relationships with freshwater mussels. As a group, they have attracted a great deal of attention in biological studies. Understanding the origin and evolution of their mating system demands a well-corroborated hypothesis of their evolutionary relationships. In this study, we provide the most comprehensive phylogenetic reconstruction of species relationships of the group based on partitioned maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods using DNA sequence variation of nuclear and mitochondrial genes on 41 species, several subspecies and three undescribed species. Our findings support the monophyly of the Acheilognathidae. Two of the three currently recognized genera are not monophyletic and the family can be subdivided into six clades. These clades are further regarded as genera based on both their phylogenetic relationships and a reappraisal of morphological characters. We present a revised classification for the Acheilognathidae with five genera/lineages: Rhodeus, Acheilognathus (new constitution), Tanakia (new constitution), Paratanakia gen. nov., and Pseudorhodeus gen. nov. and an unnamed clade containing five species currently referred to as "Acheilognathus". Gene trees of several bitterling species indicate that the taxa are not monophyletic. This result highlights a potentially dramatic underestimation of species diversity in this family. Using our new phylogenetic framework, we discuss the evolution of the Acheilognathidae relative to classification, taxonomy and biogeography.
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- Chia-Hao Chang
- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan; Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30068, Taiwan; Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA
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- Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yet-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan; Institute of Biodiversity Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30068, Taiwan; Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30068, Taiwan
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- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Science, Sangji University, Wonju 220-702, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 8LB, UK; Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Natural History Museum & Institute, Chiba 260-8682, Japan
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- Natural History Museum & Institute, Chiba 260-8682, Japan
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- Aquatic Life Conservation Research Center, Research Institute of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries, Osaka 572-0088, Japan
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- Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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- Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA
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Leung TLF. Fish as parasites: an insight into evolutionary convergence in adaptations for parasitism. J Zool (1987) 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- T. L. F. Leung
- Centre for Behavioural and Physiological Ecology, Zoology University of New England Armidale NSW Australia
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Michálková V, Ondračková M. Experimental evidence for parasite-induced over-winter mortality in juvenile Rhodeus amarus. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2014; 84:1377-1388. [PMID: 24773537 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2013] [Accepted: 01/30/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In this study, the effects of the eye fluke Diplostomum pseudospathaceum (Trematoda) infection on over-winter survival of young-of-the-year (YOY) European bitterling Rhodeus amarus (Cyprinidae) were examined between September 2010 and April 2011. The fish were reared in semi-natural conditions to ensure that results were not confounded by other parasite infections. The cumulative mortality of R. amarus from November until April was significantly higher in D. pseudospathaceum-infected fish (57·3%) compared to controls (42·1%). Infection of the parental generation did not have any effect on the mortality of juveniles. The results indicate that D. pseudospathaceum infection increases over-winter mortality of YOY R. amarus. The possible mechanisms causing mortality are discussed.
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- V Michálková
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37, Brno, Czech Republic
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Casalini M, Reichard M, Phillips A, Smith C. Male choice of mates and mating resources in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus). Behav Ecol 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Khlopova AV, Kul'bachnyi S. Histological structure of the female gonads and ovipositor of the European bitterling,Rhodeus amarus(Bloch, 1782) (Cyprinidae: Acheilognathinae). ACTA ZOOL-STOCKHOLM 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2012.00563.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Anna V. Khlopova
- Khabarovsk Branch of the Pacific Fisheries Research Centre; Khabarovsk; 680028; Russia
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- Khabarovsk Branch of the Pacific Fisheries Research Centre; Khabarovsk; 680028; Russia
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Reichard M, Vrtílek M, Douda K, Smith C. An invasive species reverses the roles in a host-parasite relationship between bitterling fish and unionid mussels. Biol Lett 2012; 8:601-4. [PMID: 22337503 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The impact of multiple invading species can be magnified owing to mutual facilitation--termed 'invasional meltdown'--but invasive species can also be adversely affected by their interactions with other invaders. Using a unique reciprocal host-parasite relationship between a bitterling fish (Rhodeus amarus) and unionid mussels, we show that an invasive mussel reverses the roles in the relationship. Bitterling lay their eggs into mussel gills, and mussel larvae parasitize fish. Bitterling recently colonized Europe and parasitize all sympatric European mussels, but are unable to use a recently invasive mussel, Anodonta woodiana. The parasitic larvae of A. woodiana successfully develop on R. amarus, whereas larvae of European mussels are rejected by bitterling. This demonstrates that invading species may temporarily benefit from a coevolutionary lag by exploiting evolutionarily naive hosts, but the resulting relaxed selection may facilitate its exploitation by subsequent invading species, leading to unexpected consequences for established interspecific relationships.
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- Martin Reichard
- Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Květná 8, 60365 Brno, Czech Republic.
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Reichard M, Smith C, Řežucha R. Personality traits, reproductive behaviour and alternative mating tactics in male European bitterling, Rhodeus amarus. BEHAVIOUR 2012. [DOI: 10.1163/156853912x643908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Spence R, Smith C. Rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus) embryos parasitize freshwater mussels by competing for nutrients and oxygen. ACTA ZOOL-STOCKHOLM 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2011.00532.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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REICHARD M, BRYJA J, POLAČIK M, SMITH C. No evidence for host specialization or host-race formation in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), a fish that parasitizes freshwater mussels. Mol Ecol 2011; 20:3631-43. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05198.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Agbali M, Smith C. Long-term fitness consequences for offspring of female oviposition decisions in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus). ACTA ZOOL-STOCKHOLM 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2011.00511.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Douda K, Vrtílek M, Slavík O, Reichard M. The role of host specificity in explaining the invasion success of the freshwater mussel Anodonta woodiana in Europe. Biol Invasions 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-9989-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BRYJA J, SMITH C, KONEČNÝ A, REICHARD M. Range‐wide population genetic structure of the European bitterling (
Rhodeus amarus
) based on microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysis. Mol Ecol 2010; 19:4708-22. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2010.04844.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- J. BRYJA
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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- School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 8LB, UK
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
- School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 8LB, UK
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Reichard M, Polačik M, Tarkan AS, Spence R, Gaygusuz O, Ercan E, Ondračková M, Smith C. The bitterling-mussel coevolutionary relationship in areas of recent and ancient sympatry. Evolution 2010; 64:3047-56. [PMID: 20482611 DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01032.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Host-parasite relationships are often characterized by the rapid evolution of parasite adaptations to exploit their host, and counteradaptations in the host to avoid the costs imposed by parasitism. Hence, the current coevolutionary state between a parasite and its hosts is predicted to vary according to the history of sympatry and local abundance of interacting species. We compared a unique reciprocal coevolutionary relationship of a fish, the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus) and freshwater mussels (Unionidae) between areas of recent (Central Europe) and ancient (Turkey) sympatry. Bitterling parasitize freshwater mussels by laying their eggs in the gills of mussel and, in turn, mussel larvae (glochidia) parasitize the fish. We found that all bitterling from both regions avoided one mussel species. Preferences among other mussel species tended to be related to local mussel abundance rather than duration of sympatry. Individual fish were not consistent in their oviposition choices, precluding the evolution of host-specific lineages. Mussels were demonstrated to have evolved strong defenses to bitterling parasitism in the area of ancient sympatry, but have no such defenses in the large areas of Europe where bitterling are currently invasive. Bitterling avoided glochidia infection irrespective of the duration of sympatry.
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- Martin Reichard
- School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom.
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Size-specific growth patterns and estimated longevity of the unionid mussel (Pronodularia japanensis). Ecol Res 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0670-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Jin YG, Park JJ, An CM, Lee JS. Ovipositor ultrastructure of the striped bitterling Acheilognathus yamatsutae (Teleostei: Acheilognathinae) during spawning season. Tissue Cell 2009; 41:400-7. [PMID: 19631358 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2009.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2009] [Revised: 05/12/2009] [Accepted: 05/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The ovipositor of striped bitterling Acheilognathus yamatsutae was subjected to ultrastructure and histochemical analysis during spawning season using light and electron microscopy. Although the ovipositor of A. yamatsutae is a long cylindrical tube with smooth external surface, it was possible to confirm the presence of well-developed fingerprint structure using scanning electron microscopy. Internal aspect analysis of ovipositor revealed formation of 5-8 longitudinal folds. Cross section analysis revealed that the ovipositor is composed of an outer epithelial layer, a mid connective tissue layer, and an inner epithelial layer. The outer epithelial layer contains 7-9 cell layers composed mainly of epithelial and mucous cells. Result of AB-PAS (pH 2.5) and AF-AB reaction showed that mucous cells contained mainly acidic carboxylated mucosubstances. The connective tissue layer was loose and made mainly of collagen fibers and some muscle fibers, along with blood vessels and a small number of chromatophores. The inner epithelial layer, which is a single layer, is composed of columnar epithelia. Observation under transmission electron microscope enabled distinction of the outer epithelial layer into superficial, intermediate and basal layers. Although the types of cells in the superficial tissue layer were diverse, they all shared the development of glycocalyx covered microridges. The majority of epithelial cells in the intermediate layer were cuboidal shaped, while those in the basal layer were columnar. Two types (A and B) of secretory cells were observed in the outer epithelial layer. The connective tissue layer had two types of chromatophores including xantophore and melanophore, in addition to a well-developed nerve fiber bundles. Columnar epithelial cells, mitochondria-rich cells and rodlet cells were observed in the inner epithelial layer. Microvilli were well developed on the free surface of columnar epithelial cells.
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- Young Guk Jin
- South Sea Fisheries Research Institute, NFRDI, Yeosu 556-823, Republic of Korea
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GRIZZLE JOHNM, BRUNNER CINDYJ. Infectious Diseases of Freshwater Mussels and Other Freshwater Bivalve Mollusks. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/10641260902879000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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ZAKI SHAMAAH, JORDAN WILLIAMC, REICHARD MARTIN, PRZYBYLSKI MIROSŁAW, SMITH CARL. A morphological and genetic analysis of the European bitterling species complex. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01050.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Parasite assemblages of European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), composition and effects of habitat type and host body size. Parasitol Res 2008; 102:1001-11. [DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0867-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2007] [Accepted: 12/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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