Parasites of Fish from the Great Lakes - Great Lakes Fishery ...

Table of Contents
OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................2
MATERIALS, METHODS, AND INTERPRETATION ...........................................................3
Literature Analyses.......................................................................................................................3
Classification and Taxonomy .......................................................................................................3
Parasite-Fish Analyses..................................................................................................................9
LAKE MICHIGAN......................................................................................................................10
Results.........................................................................................................................................10
Parasite Species .....................................................................................................................................10
Fish Species—Parasite Analyses...........................................................................................................13
Fish Families—Parasite Species-Richness, Parasite Analyses..............................................................14
Jaccard Coefficients of Parasite Communities—Fish Families.............................................................15
Discussion...................................................................................................................................15
Pathogenic Parasites ..............................................................................................................................16
Parasite Host Specificity—Jaccard Coefficients ...................................................................................18
Fish Families—Parasite Communities ..................................................................................................19
LAKE SUPERIOR .......................................................................................................................61
Results.........................................................................................................................................61
Parasite Species .....................................................................................................................................61
Fish Species—Parasite Analyses...........................................................................................................64
Fish Families—Parasite Species-Richness, Parasite Analyses..............................................................64
Jaccard Coefficients of Parasite Communities—Fish Families.............................................................66
Discussion...................................................................................................................................66
Pathogenic Parasites ..............................................................................................................................67
Parasite Host Specificity—Jaccard Coefficients ...................................................................................69
Fish Families—Parasite Communities ..................................................................................................69
ST. MARYS RIVER...................................................................................................................127
Results.......................................................................................................................................127
Parasite Species ...................................................................................................................................127
Fish Species—Parasite Analysis .........................................................................................................128
Discussion.................................................................................................................................128
LAKE HURON...........................................................................................................................145
Results.......................................................................................................................................145
Parasite Species ...................................................................................................................................145
Fish Species—Parasite Analyses.........................................................................................................149
Fish Families—Parasite Species-Richness, Parasite Analyses............................................................149
Jaccard Coefficients of Parasite Communities—Fish Families...........................................................151
Discussion.................................................................................................................................152
Pathogenic Parasites ............................................................................................................................152
Parasite Host Specificity—Jaccard Coefficients .................................................................................155
Fish Families—Parasite Communities ................................................................................................156