title: 'Global worming': first record of an epidemic of Triaenophorus crassus in a population of Arctic charr Salvelinus umbla.
abstract: In May 2005, an epidemic of the cestode Triaenophorus crassus occurred in the Salvelinus umbla population of Lake Grundlsee, an oligotrophic Austrian Alpine Lake. Based on catches with a standardized multi-mesh gillnet survey 53% of S. umbla were infected with up to 17 cysts of T. crassus per fish. This is the first documented record of an epidemic of this tapeworm in S. umbla.
authors.affiliation: Federal Agency for Water Management, Institute of Water Ecology, Fisheries and Lake Research, Scharfling 18, Mondsee, Austria. daniela.achleitner@baw.at
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Achleitner
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gassner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schabetsberger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001317:Austria; D002589:Cestoda / Q000502:physiology; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D058872:Epidemics / Q000662:veterinary*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D005618:Fresh Water; D014337:Trout / Q000469:parasitology*