Functional diversity of a parasite assemblages of the Chinese sleeper Perccottus glenii Dybowski, 1877 (Actinopterygii: Odontobutidae) and habitat structure of the host

Abstract

Analysis of the functional diversity of the parasite assemblage of Chinese sleeper individuals, based on classification of parasites by the paths of fish infestation, was conducted. It was ascertained that individuals of the Chinese sleeper obtain mainly ecologically reduced variants of parasite assemblages in the acquired part of the habitat.