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Table 1 Prevalence of I. variegatus and I. pileatus, and co-infections of both species in monthly samples of three age cohorts of perch caught from Lake Konnevesi, Central Finland

From: Establishment and interspecific associations in two species of Ichthyocotylurus (Trematoda) parasites in perch (Perca fluviatilis)

Age

Month

n

I. variegatus

I. pileatus

Co-infection

0+

July A

55

0.0

3.6

0.0

 

July B

30

13.3

10.0

6.7

 

August

30

46.7

86.7

43.4

 

September A

45

62.2

100.0

62.2

 

September B

36

77.8

100.0

77.8

 

October

22

81.8

100.0

81.8

 

All

218

42.4

61.5

40.8

1+

May

30

70.0

96.7

70.0

 

June

31

80.6

100.0

80.6

 

July

30

63.3

96.7

60.0

 

August

30

80.0

100.0

80.0

 

All

121

73.6

98.3

72.7

2+

May

40

92.5

100.0

92.5

 

June

30

83.3

96.7

83.3

 

July

30

76.7

100.0

76.7

 

August

30

96.7

100.0

96.7

 

September

30

93.3

100.0

93.3

 

All

160

88.8

99.4

88.8

  1. Sampling of 0+ aged fish was done twice in July and September.