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Table 23. Jaccard coefficients <strong>of</strong> parasite-community similarity based on <strong>the</strong> reported presence <strong>of</strong><br />

parasites between <strong>the</strong> five major fish families <strong>from</strong> Lake Erie, 1914-2010.<br />

<strong>Fish</strong> family Cyprinidae Catostomidae Salmonidae Centrarchidae<br />

Cyprinidae 1.0000 0.1463 0.0192 0.1278<br />

Catostomidae 0.1463 1.0000 0.0151 0.0847<br />

Salmonidae 0.0192 0.0151 1.0000 0.0235<br />

Centrarchidae 0.1287 0.0847 0.0235 1.0000<br />

Percidae 0.2375 0.1078 0.0140 0.3168<br />

NIAGARA RIVER<br />

The Niagara River flows in a nor<strong>the</strong>rly direction <strong>from</strong> Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, a distance <strong>of</strong><br />

approximately 35 miles.<br />

Results and Discussion<br />

Three studies (Kellicott in Tidd 1931; George et al. 1977; and Harrison and Hadley 1982) have<br />

reported on <strong>the</strong> parasites <strong>of</strong> fish <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> Niagara River. Three parasite species (Myxobolus<br />

dentium, unknown larval trematodes, Argulus stizostethi) have been reported <strong>from</strong> three fish<br />

species (Tables 24, 25).<br />

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