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Proceedings. Biological sciences
2024
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| Online Access: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39532135/ |
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- Emergence of black spot syndrome in Caribbean reefs: a century of fish collections reveal long-term increases in infection. Johnson, Pieter T J Malawauw, Rémon J Piaskowy, Julia Calhoun, Dana M Kohl, Zachary Ter Horst, Lars J V Zelmer, Derek A Animals Fish Diseases Coral Reefs Caribbean Region Trematoda Fishes Trematode Infections Prevalence Despite evidence that certain diseases of marine wildlife are increasing, long-term infection data are often lacking. Archived samples of hosts from natural history collections offer a powerful tool for evaluating temporal changes in parasitism. Using vouchered fish collections from the Southern Caribbean, we investigated long-term (1905-2022) shifts in infections by the trematode spp., which causes black spot syndrome (BSS) in reef fishes. Examination of 190 museum-preserved fishes from Curaçao and Bonaire revealed that infections are not new, with histologically confirmed detections from as early as 1948. However, was rare among archival surgeonfish and parrotfishes, with an infection prevalence of