Richness and diversity of helminth communities in tropical freshwater fishes: empirical evidence

By A. Choudhury, T. Dick. 2000

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Macroecological patterns of species richness in parasite assemblages (2004, background): “Interestingly, however, this latitudinal gradient does not apply to endoparasites of fish, though they are also exposed to the same external temperatures as ectoparasites, the hosts being ectotherms (Rohde & Heap, 1998; Choudhury & Dick, 2000; Poulin, 2001).”
Biogeography of helminth parasites of freshwater fishes in Mexico: the search for patterns and processes (2005, background): “Previous studies (Choudhury & Dick, 1998, 2000; Pérez-Ponce de León et al., 2000; Vidal-Martinez & Kennedy, 2000; PérezPonce de León & Choudhury, 2002) on freshwater fish parasites indicate that particular host-groups are characteristically associated with a biogeographical ‘core’ helminth…”
Homage to Linnaeus: How many parasites? How many hosts? (2008, background): “Empirically, the two best studied parasite taxa show opposite trends: tropical fish species have more monogenean parasites per host species than do those in temperate zones (23–25), whereas tropical fish species have less diverse gut parasites than do their temperate counterparts (26, 27).”