Publications by authors named "Elvis Silva Lima"
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- The study hypothesized that annual and seasonal changes do not affect the structure and diversity of metazoan parasites in spinycheek sleeper fish in the Amazon River.
- A total of 164 fish were analyzed from 2020 to 2021, revealing 888 parasites, with annual variations observed, particularly in parasite species richness and diversity index.
- Findings contradicted the hypothesis, showing that while certain community differences existed between years and seasons, some species were first recorded in E. pisonis as significant contributors to the overall parasitic community.
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- The study focused on how seasonal changes, particularly between rainy and dry seasons, affect metazoan parasite communities in the fish Pimelodus ornatus from the Amazon River.
- In 2020, five parasite species were identified, while seven species appeared in 2021, with significant shifts in dominance and diversity metrics like Brillouin diversity and species richness.
- Findings showed that rainfall, oxygen, and temperature influenced these communities, but overall, the impact of seasonal changes was less pronounced than anticipated due to low infection rates in most parasite species.
The present study investigated the metazoan parasite community in Pimelodus ornatus from the Amazon River, in the state of Amapá (Brazil). Of 71 fish examined, 70.4% were parasitized by Demidospermus sp.
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