| local patchiness of gyrodactylus colemanensis and g. salmonis parasitizing salmonids in the south river watershed, nova scotia, canada. | prevalence and intensity of gyrodactylus colemanensis and g. salmonis (monogenea) parasitizing juvenile/adult brook trout salvelinus fontinalis, rainbow trout oncorhynchus mykiss, brown trout salmo trutta, and atlantic salmon salmo salar at 3 localities over an 8 km stretch in the south river, nova scotia, canada, were calculated 4 times over a 9 mo period (october 2009, december 2009, march 2010, june 2010). g. colemanensis was on all 4 salmonids (endemic and non-endemic), while g. salmonis par ... | 2011 | 22013753 |
| timing of appearance of gyrodactylus colemanensis (monogenea) on young-of-the-year salvelinus fontinalis in a nova scotia stream and contribution of these infections to total parasite standing crop. | young-of-the-year (yoy) brook trout (salvelinus fontinalis) were collected at 2 wk intervals (15 april to 4 june 2012) after emergence from redds and occurrence of the ectoparasite gyrodactylus colemanensis (monogenea) recorded. emergent yoy were not infected. infected trout (14%) first appeared 15 may, with host age estimated to be 4 wk or less post-emergence. prevalence and intensity increased over the study period and reached, respectively, 93% and 8.2 ± 6.1 by 4 june. prevalence and intensit ... | 2013 | 23368772 |