Are hybrids between Atlantic salmon and brown trout suitable long-term hosts of Gyrodactylus salaris during winter?

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 1299-1307
Author(s):  
R Knudsen ◽  
E H Henriksen ◽  
K Ø Gjelland ◽  
H Hansen ◽  
D K Hendrichsen ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Luis Horreo ◽  
Pablo Turrero ◽  
Juliana Perez ◽  
Eva García-Vázquez


2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Luis Horreo ◽  
Pablo Turrero ◽  
Juliana Perez ◽  
Eva García-Vázquez


Author(s):  
Janhavi Marwaha ◽  
Per Johan Jakobsen ◽  
Sten Karlsson ◽  
Bjørn Mejdell Larsen ◽  
Sebastian Wacker

AbstractThe freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) is a highly host-specific parasite, with an obligate parasitic stage on salmonid fish. Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (Salmo trutta f. trutta and Salmo trutta f. fario) are the only hosts in their European distribution. Some M. margaritifera populations exclusively infest either Atlantic salmon or brown trout, while others infest both hosts with one salmonid species typically being the principal host and the other a less suitable host. Glochidial abundance, prevalence and growth are often used as parameters to measure host suitability, with the most suitable host species displaying the highest parameters. However, it is not known if the degree of host specialisation will negatively influence host fitness (virulence) among different host species. In this study we examined the hypothesis that glochidial infestation would result in differential virulence in two salmonid host species and that lower virulence would be observed on the most suitable host. Atlantic salmon and brown trout were infested with glochidia from two M. margaritifera populations that use Atlantic salmon as their principal host, and the difference in host mortality among infested and control (sham infested) fish was examined. Higher mortality was observed in infested brown trout (the less suitable host) groups, compared to the other test groups. Genetic assignment was used to identify offspring from individual mother mussels. We found that glochidia from individual mothers can infest both the salmonid hosts; however, some mothers displayed a bias towards either salmon or trout. We believe that the differences in host-dependent virulence and the host bias displayed by individual mothers were a result of genotype × genotype interactions between the glochidia and their hosts, indicating that there is an underlying genetic component for this parasite-host interaction.





Aquaculture ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 230 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 81-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Ayllon ◽  
Jose L. Martinez ◽  
Patrick Davaine ◽  
Edward Beall ◽  
Eva Garcia-Vazquez


1992 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 1953-1958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin McGowan ◽  
William S. Davidson

Protein electrophoresis and mitochondrial DNA analysis were used to detect the frequency and direction of natural hybridization between brown trout (Salmo trutta) and Atlantic salmon (S. salar) in nine Newfoundland rivers. In total, 37 hybrids were discovered in a sample of 792 juvenile fish for a regional frequency of 4.67%. Local frequencies ranged from 0.00 to 18.75% and were significantly heterogeneous. All of the hybrids sampled were produced from matings between female brown trout and male Atlantic salmon. Possible reasons for the breakdown of prereproductive isolating mechanisms between these species are considered. Reproductive characteristics of the populations involved appear to have a major influence on the dynamics of hybridization between these species in Newfoundland. It is proposed that an abundance of sexually mature Atlantic salmon parr in Newfoundland streams is responsible for both the frequency and direction of hybridization observed in this study.



2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 3123-3135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siri Østergaard ◽  
Michael M. Hansen ◽  
Volker Loeschcke ◽  
Einar E. Nielsen


2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 548-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linnea Lans ◽  
Larry A. Greenberg ◽  
Jens Karlsson ◽  
Olle Calles ◽  
Monika Schmitz ◽  
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