Metadata details
ASAC_67
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- Citation
- Rohde, K.. (2018) Ecology and Zoogeography of Parasites of Antarctic Fish, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/5b629a5da4590, Accessed: 2026-07-07
- Title
- Ecology and Zoogeography of Parasites of Antarctic Fish
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.26179/5b629a5da4590
- Created Date
- 2000-07-18
- Revision Date
- 2018-08-02
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
The body surface, mouth, gills, internal organs and tissues of 368 teleost fish of 26 species from Prydz Bay, Heard Island, Macquarie Island, Davis Station and Casey Station in Antarctica were examined for parasites. At least eight species of Monogenea, seven species of Copepoda, and five or six species of Acanthocephala were recorded. Overall, the fauna of Monogenea and Copepoda of Antarctic fish is much poorer than that of lower latitudes, and there are fewer species of Gyrodactylidae relative to other Monogenea than at higher northern latitudes. Abundance and species richness of Acanthocephala are relatively high.
Quality
Values provided in temporal coverage are approximate only.
Note from the AADC, 2018-08-02:
The original datasheet was reformatted to fit IPT Biodiversity.AQ standard. The new datasheet "AntarticFishParasites.csv" provides the dataset ID, event date, decimal latitude, decimal longitude, continent, country, occurrence, basis of record, protocol and preparation. The organism quantity of parasites identified from host. The lowest taxonomical rank of the species identified that could be determined is provided, after matched in WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species). It also contains the associated taxa, which is as a list of names of taxa and their associations with the occurrence (Host: species), and the associated reference.
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
A pdf copy of the referenced paper is available for download from the provided URL to AAD staff only. It contains two tables of data.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 1989-09-30 - Stop date: 1992-03-31
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > PARASITISM
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > POPULATION DYNAMICS
Additional Keywords
- ABUNDANCE
- ACANTHOCEPHALA
- ANTARCTICA
- ATTACHMENT SITE
- CASEY STATION
- COPEPODA
- DAVIS STATION
- FISH
- HEARD ISLAND
- HOST
- MACQUARIE ISLAND
- MONOGENEA
- PARASITE
- PRYDZ BAY
- SOUTHERN OCEAN
- SPECIES DIVERSITY
- SPECIES RICHNESS
- TELEOST FISH
Locations
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > PRYDZ BAY
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > DAVIS
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > CASEY
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
Platforms
- SHIPS
Instruments
- MICROSCOPES
Researchers
- rohde, klaus (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_67 when using these data.
