'Global worming': first record of an epidemic of Triaenophorus crassus in a population of Arctic charr Salvelinus umbla.
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.
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Federal Agency for Water Management, Institute of Water Ecology, Fisheries and Lake Research, Scharfling 18, Mondsee, Austria. daniela.achleitner@baw.at
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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*