Helminth Community Dynamics in Populations of Blue-Winged Teal (Anas discors) Using Two Distinct Migratory Corridors
Table 3
Abundance values () for the 15 common/intermediate by host migratory corridor, host age, and host sex for 184 blue-winged teal collected in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas from 21 September through 30 October 2002.
Corridor
Age
Sex
East
West
Adult
Juvenile
Male
Female
Species
Corynosoma constrictum
1.9 ± 0.6
16.2±2.9
3.4 ± 1.5
12.7±2.3
9.2 ± 2.5
7.7 ± 1.4
Cloacotaenia megalops
4.1 ± 0.4
5.5 ± 0.7
5.4 ± 0.5
4.2 ± 0.6
4.8 ± 0.6
4.6 ± 0.5
Echinocotyle rosseteri
8.7 ± 2.2
16.1 ± 5.2
13.3 ± 5.2
11.0 ± 2.2
9.2 ± 2.1
15.0 ± 5.0
Gastrotaenia cygni
0.6 ± 0.1
1.0±0.2
0.9 ± 0.2
0.6 ± 0.2
0.9 ± 0.2
0.5 ± 0.1
Amidostomum acutum
6.9 ± 0.5
6.9 ± 0.7
6.8 ± 0.6
7.1 ± 0.6
7.0 ± 0.6
6.8 ± 0.6
Capillaria anatis
0.6 ± 0.2
1.4±0.2
0.7 ± 0.2
1.2 ± 0.2
1.2 ± 0.3
0.8 ± 0.1
Capillaria contorta
1.2 ± 0.2
1.4 ± 0.4
1.0 ± 0.2
1.5 ± 0.4
1.3 ± 0.2
1.3 ± 0.4
Epomidiostomum uncinatum
0.9 ± 0.2
0.9 ± 0.2
0.2 ± 0.1
1.5±0.3
1.0 ± 0.2
0.7 ± 0.2
Streptocara crassicauda
2.4 ± 0.4
8.1±1.3
2.4 ± 0.3
7.2±1.1
4.4 ± 0.8
5.6 ± 1.0
Tetrameres ryjikovi
1.7 ± 0.4
3.4±0.6
1.5 ± 0.4
3.2±0.5
1.9 ± 0.4
3.0 ± 0.6
Apatemon gracilis
1.6 ± 0.5
13.5±3.8
1.8 ± 0.8
11.4±3.2
7.6 ± 2.8
6.4 ± 2.3
Dendritobilharzia pulverulenta
0.5 ±0.1
0.3 ± 0.1
0.5 ± 0.1
0.4 ± 0.1
0.4 ± 0.1
0.4 ± 0.1
Echinoparyphium trivolvis
7.5 ± 3.1
5.8 ± 1.6
4.9 ± 1.9
8.3 ± 3.0
8.1±3.2
5.2 ± 1.8
Echinostoma revolutum
2.0 ± 0.4
1.2 ± 0.3
1.1 ± 0.2
2.0 ± 0.5
2.1 ± 0.5
1.1 ± 0.3
Trichobilharzia querquedulae
53.0 ± 7.2
34.4 ± 4.1
61.4±8.3
30.4 ± 3.6
50.4 ± 7.7
38.4 ± 3.8
*Numbers in Bold denote Significant difference () in ranked abundance.
