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

ST. CLAIR SYSTEM (ST. CLAIR RIVER, LAKE ST. CLAIR, DETROIT RIVER) .......267
St. Clair River—Results and Discussion ..................................................................................267
Lake St. Clair—Results and Discussion ...................................................................................267
Detroit River—Results and Discussion ....................................................................................268
LAKE ERIE................................................................................................................................284
Results.......................................................................................................................................284
Parasite Species—Overview................................................................................................................284
Fish Species—Parasite Analyses Overview ........................................................................................287
Fish Families—Parasite Species-Richness, Parasite Analyses............................................................288
Jaccard Coefficients of Parasite Communities—Fish Families...........................................................289
Discussion.................................................................................................................................291
Pathogenic Parasites ............................................................................................................................291
Parasite Host Specificity—Jaccard Coefficients .................................................................................294
Fish Families—Parasite Communities ................................................................................................294
NIAGARA RIVER .....................................................................................................................426
Results and Discussion .............................................................................................................426
LAKE ONTARIO.......................................................................................................................428
Results.......................................................................................................................................428
Parasite Species—Overview................................................................................................................428
Fish Species—Parasite Analyses Overview ........................................................................................431
Fish Families—Parasite Species-Richness, Parasite Analyses............................................................432
Jaccard Coefficients of Parasite Communities—Fish Families...........................................................433
Discussion.................................................................................................................................434
Pathogenic Parasites ............................................................................................................................435
Parasite Host Specificity—Jaccard Coefficients .................................................................................438
Fish Families—Parasite Communities ................................................................................................438
OVERALL SUMMARY FOR ALL GREAT LAKES............................................................519
Fish-Parasite Commonality in the Great Lakes ........................................................................519
Fish-Transmitted Parasites of Public Health Importance ....................................................................521
Major Parasite Groups Occurring in Fish in the Great Lakes..............................................................524
Parasite Host Specificity......................................................................................................................526
Jaccard Coefficients of Similarity for Parasite Communities Among the Five Great Lakes...............527
Parasite Species-Richness, Autogenic-Allogenic Helminth Species, and Jaccard Coefficients of
Parasite-Community Similarity for Specific Fish Species...................................................................529
Lakes, Fish Faunas, and Parasite Communities...................................................................................533
Conceptual Framework to Study Fish Health in the Great Lakes........................................................535
CONCLUSIONS.........................................................................................................................536
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS..........................................................................................................536
REFERENCES ...........................................................................................................................537