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Metazoan parasites and their hosts experience the environmental influence of the seasonal presence of Western and Eastern subzones with different oceanographic conditions on the Yucatan continental shelf (YS). In addition, natural seeps and oil transport in the area lead to the presence of hydrocarbons. We hypothesized that the parasite infrapopulations and infracommunities of Haemulon aurolineatum will respond to environmental variability related with ongoing oceanographic subzone conditions of the YS. Spatial and multivariate statistical analyses were used to test this hypothesis. For 17 sampling sites along the YS, 55 parasite morphospecies were recovered from 146 fishes. There were significant differences in the number of parasite species between Western and Eastern subzones, but not in the number of parasite individuals. Spatial autocorrelation on environmental variables as a consequence of the Yucatan current was found. Overall, the parasite metrics suggested a region with a good ecosystem health condition naturally influenced by oceanographic processes.
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This article is part of the Master thesis of JGGT at CINVESTAV Mérida-Unit. We thank the National Council for Science and Technology CONACYT for provided scholarship (No.637098). We are grateful to the staff of the Aquatic Pathology Laboratory, especially Arturo Centeno-Chále, Francisco Puc-Itzá, Clara Vivas-Rodríguez, Nadia Herrera-Castillo, Efraín Sarabia-Eb, and Víctor Ceja of Geochemistry Laboratory, all from CINVESTAV Mérida. JGGT thanks Dr. Frank Ocaña-Borrego and MSc Zita Arriaga-Piñon for their help with the statistical analyses, and Mr Ehecatl Vidal-Aguirre and Dr. Lee Couch (University of New Mexico) for their help with English language. This research was financially supported by the Mexican Ministry of Energy through the Hydrocarbon Found, project 201441. This is a contribution of the Gulf of Mexico Research Consortium (CIGoM). We acknowledge PEMEX´S specific request to the Hydrocarbon Found to address the environmental effects of oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico.
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García-Teh, J.G., Vidal-Martínez, V.M., Mariño-Tapia, I. et al. Metazoan Parasite Infracommunities of the Tomtate Grunt (Haemulon aurolineatum) as Potential Bioindicators of Environmental Conditions in the Yucatan Continental Shelf, Mexico. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 108, 49–54 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-021-03305-5
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