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Epitheliocystis is a fish disease with increasing number of records globally. Here we show that 1) pollution-exposed wild marine fishes have higher infection prevalence than non-exposed individuals from reference sites,… Click to show full abstract
Epitheliocystis is a fish disease with increasing number of records globally. Here we show that 1) pollution-exposed wild marine fishes have higher infection prevalence than non-exposed individuals from reference sites, suggesting that anthropogenic pollution predisposes individuals to this disease in natural systems, 2) the effect of pollution on infection status did not vary significantly between two sympatric fish species, and 3) infected and non-infected individuals from both species did not differ significantly in selected immune and general-health parameters; a result that deserves further study with increased sample sizes. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Journal Title: Journal of fish biology
Year Published: 2021
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