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Investigating the epibiotic peritrich Zoothamnium intermedium : seasonality and distribution of its relationships with copepods in chesapeake bay (USA)

Lúcia S.L. Safi, Kam Tang Orcid Logo, Ryan B. Carnegie

European Journal of Protistology, Volume: 84, Issue: June 2022, Start page: 125880

Swansea University Author: Kam Tang Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.ejop.2022.125880

Abstract

Zoothamnium intermedium is an obligate epibiont ciliate on copepods. We examined the life cycle, hostpreferences, and ecological conditions conducive to Z. intermedium presence on copepods inChesapeake Bay. Bacterial abundance in the water column peaked in fall and late spring, coinciding withincrea...

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Published in: European Journal of Protistology
ISSN: 0932-4739
Published: Elsevier BV 2022
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59451
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Abstract: Zoothamnium intermedium is an obligate epibiont ciliate on copepods. We examined the life cycle, hostpreferences, and ecological conditions conducive to Z. intermedium presence on copepods inChesapeake Bay. Bacterial abundance in the water column peaked in fall and late spring, coinciding withincreased abundance and species richness of non-epibiont peritrichs. Z. intermedium was found have higher colonization rates on the calanoid copepod Centropages hamatus even when Acartia tonsa wasmore abundant. Multivariate correlation analysis of infestation prevalence on A. tonsa showeda strong correlation with dissolved oxygen, salinity and water temperature. Such correlations, along with differences in host species biology, might be driving the seasonality of this epibiotic relationship.
Keywords: Epibiosis; Host interaction; Peritrichia; Microbial ecology
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Issue: June 2022
Start Page: 125880

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