Table 1 Prevalence and mean intensity of larval copepods (Trifur sp.) found on five different fish larvae species collected from Isla Santa María and Punta Coloso during austral spring–summer (1–5) and autumn–winter (6–10) in northern Chile.

From: Modelling seasonal patterns of larval fish parasitism in two northern nearshore areas in the Humboldt Current System

Areas

Survey

Larval fish species

Auchenionchus crinitus

Gobiesox marmoratus

Helcogrammoides cunninghami

Myxodes sp.

Ophiogobius jenynsi

Isla Santa María

1

[3]

[0]

[0]

[1]

 

2

[8]

16.67 (1) [6]

[28]

[2]

 

3

1.79 (1) [56]

12.5 (1) [8]

4.76 (1) [63]

– (1) [1]

 

4

3.57 (1) [28]

[24]

[13]

[3]

 

5

[18]

[3]

[2]

[0]

 

6

0.55 (1) [1267]

3.51 (1) [57]

6.50 (1.04) [1492]

2.24 (1) [134]

2.42 (1) [124]

7

0.57 (1) [353]

[11]

0.94 (1.33) [320]

[15]

12.5 (1) [8]

8

1.40 (1.05) [1502]

1.23 (1) [81]

3.28 (1.07) [1372]

1.98 (1) [101]

6.40 (1.22) [172]

9

[642]

1.22 (1) [82]

2.18 (1) [642]

[5]

[17]

10

0.63 (1) [3949]

10.81 (1) [74]

1.23 (1.01) [5843]

[0]

4.76 (1) [21]

Punta Coloso

1

[3]

7.69 (1) [13]

[2]

  

2

[4]

26.09 (1) [23]

[0]

  

3

[3]

4.55 (2) [44]

[0]

  

4

[4]

13.64 (1) [22]

[1]

  

5

[0]

[0]

[0]

  

6

[1]

[9]

[1]

 

[0]

7

[5]

[9]

[1]

 

[1]

8

[80]

[81]

[1]

 

[30]

9

[114]

11.6 (1.4) [138]

[12]

 

14.29 (1.6) [28]

10

1.50 (1) [200]

3.6 (1) [111]

2.50 (1) [40]

 

10.0 (1) [10]

  1. In square parenthesis indicate number of larval fish collected in the respective survey.