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Comparison of Solea solea macroparasites between two nursery-continental shelf systems in the Bay of Biscay and the Portuguese coast |
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| Authors: | E D H Durieux † J F Marques ‡ P Sasal § M-L Bégout H N Cabral ‡ |
| Institution: | Centre de Recherche sur les Ecosystèmes Littoraux Anthropisés, CRELA (UMR 6217 CNRS - IFREMER - Universitéde La Rochelle), Place du Séminaire, BP5, 17137 L'Houmeau, France; , Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; and Laboratoire de Parasitologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, UMR 5244 CNRS-EPNE-UPVD, Universitéde Perpignan Via Domitia, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan, France |
| Abstract: | Digenean metacercariae of 0 year group common sole Solea solea ( n = 70) were more abundant in the embayed nursery of the Pertuis Charentais than in the Tagus estuary nursery. Macroparasite assemblages of adult sole ( n = 119) displayed only one species in common between the Bay of Biscay and the Portuguese coast continental shelves. These data highlighted the potential use of macroparasites as biological tags in various aspects of common sole ecology. |
| Keywords: | adult biological tag ecological stock juvenile parasites sole |