Parasitic fauna of a yellow-legged gull colony in the island of Escombreras (South-eastern Mediterranean) in close proximity to a landfill site: potential effects on cohabiting species

Hervías Parejo, Sandra; Martínez Carrasco Pleite, Carlos; Díaz, Julia I.; Chitimia, Lidia; Ortiz Sánchez, Juana; Mayo, Elvira; Ruiz de Ybáñez Carnero, María del Rocío

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Parasitic fauna of a yellow-legged gull colony in the island of Escombreras (South-eastern Mediterranean) in close proximity to a landfill site: potential effects on cohabiting species

dc.contributor.author	Hervías Parejo, Sandra
dc.contributor.author	Martínez Carrasco Pleite, Carlos
dc.contributor.author	Díaz, Julia I.
dc.contributor.author	Chitimia, Lidia
dc.contributor.author	Ortiz Sánchez, Juana
dc.contributor.author	Mayo, Elvira
dc.contributor.author	Ruiz de Ybáñez Carnero, María del Rocío
dc.contributor.department	Sanidad Animal
dc.date.accessioned	2024-03-15T08:01:51Z
dc.date.available	2024-03-15T08:01:51Z
dc.date.issued	2015-01-12
dc.description	©2015. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This document is Accepted, version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Acta Parasitologica. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/ 10.1515/ap-2015-0041
dc.description.abstract	We identified the ectoparasites and helminth fauna of yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis michahellis), breeding near to a solid waste landfill, and compared infection levels with those of other yellow-legged gull colonies. Moreover, we analysed correlations between parasites and sex and body condition of yellow-legged gulls, co-infections and the helminth community structure in order to propose the role of this species as reservoir of certain parasites. We also discuss the potential transmission of parasites between the yellow-legged gull and the endangered Audouin's gull, because interactions between these two species, such as kleptoparasitism and predation, occur frequently around colonies. The following species were recorded: Ornithodorus capensis (Arthropoda); Cosmocephalus obvelatus, Paracuaria adunca, Eucoleus contortus, Tetrameres skrjabini and Contracaecum sp. (Nematoda); Tetrabothrius cylindraceus (Cestoda); Acanthotrema armata, Cardiocephaloides longicollis and Ornithobilharzia intermedia (Digenea). Tetrabothrius cylindraceus, A. armata and O. capensis are new parasite records for this host. The dependence of yellow-legged-gulls on fishery discards is supported by the dominance of parasites transmitted through marine intermediate hosts with interest to fisheries in the study area. However, the shift in diet from natural resources to food derived from human activities seems not to affect the parasitic fauna of yellow-legged gull. Besides of direct physical contact between individuals in nesting and resting habitats, the high availability of fishery discards could increase the risk of Audouin's gulls to be infected by common parasites of yellow-legged gull.
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/ 10.1515/ap-2015-0041
dc.identifier.eisbn	Acta Parasitologica 60(2) (2015): 290–297	es
dc.identifier.issn	Print: 1230-2821
dc.identifier.issn	Electronic: 1896-1851
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/140222
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Springer
dc.relation	Sin financiación externa a la Universidad	es
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dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional	*
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional	*
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dc.subject	Fisheries discards	es
dc.subject	Helminths	es
dc.subject	Larus audouinii	es
dc.subject	Larus michahellis	es
dc.subject	Parasite transmision	es
dc.subject	Reservoir	es
dc.subject	Rubbish dump	es
dc.subject	Ticks	es
dc.title	Parasitic fauna of a yellow-legged gull colony in the island of Escombreras (South-eastern Mediterranean) in close proximity to a landfill site: potential effects on cohabiting species	es
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