Do cleaner-fish control infections of parasitic protozoa transmitted by gnathiid isopods and leeches?

清洁鱼能否控制由颌类等足类动物和水蛭传播的寄生原生动物的感染？

• 批准号: DP0557058
• 负责人: Dr Alexandra Grutter
• 金额: $ 22.83万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2005-01-01 至 2009-01-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0557058
• 关键词: Do; cleaner; fish; control; infections

We will study a popular example of mutualism, cleaning behaviour, from a different point of view: that cleaner-fish control the parasitic protozoa of the blood of client-fish by eating their vectors. This will provide information on the biological control of vector-borne parasites and develop mathematical models that will help us understand the epidemiology of vector-borne parasites in the sea. Our study will provide baseline data of a parasitic disease in a wild population, information useful for managing and monitoring the health of coral reefs. With the increased aquaculture of tropical fish species in Australia, this study will benefit the fish-farming industry by providing information on the biological control of fish parasites.

我们将从不同的角度研究互利共生的一个流行的例子，清洁行为：清洁鱼通过吃它们的载体来控制客户鱼血液中的寄生原生动物。这将提供关于病媒传播寄生虫的生物控制的信息，并开发数学模型，帮助我们了解海洋中病媒传播寄生虫的流行病学。我们的研究将提供野生种群寄生虫病的基线数据，这些信息对管理和监测珊瑚礁的健康非常有用。随着澳大利亚热带鱼类养殖的增加，本研究将通过提供鱼类寄生虫生物控制的信息而使鱼类养殖业受益。