FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Fish length, diet and depth drive Anisakis levels in a zooplankton-feeding fish BT AF Cresson, Pierre Bourgau, Odile Cordier, Remy Couvreur, Clémence Rouquette, Manuel Gay, Mélanie AS 1:1;2:2;3:1;4:1;5:1;6:2; FF 1:PDG-RBE-HMMN-LRHBL;2:;3:PDG-RBE-HMMN-LRHBL;4:;5:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBN;6:; C1 Ifremer Centre Manche Mer du Nord, 121237, Channel and North Sea Fisheries Research Unit, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France Anses Laboratoire de sécurité des aliments Site de Boulogne-sur-Mer, 355177, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France C2 IFREMER, FRANCE ANSES, FRANCE SI BOULOGNE DINARD SE PDG-RBE-HMMN-LRHBL PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBN IN WOS Ifremer UPR copubli-france IF 2.4 TC 1 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00840/95225/102972.pdf LA English DT Article CR CAMANOC BO Thalassa DE ;Anisakis;fish parasites;environmental drivers;ontogenic shift AB Parasites play a key but overlooked role in the functioning of marine systems. Understanding the drivers of parasites infection in fish is thus crucial. Anisakis levels in the Atlantic horse mackerel Trachurus trachurus resulted from both biotic and environmental drivers. Ontogenic variation of the diet was the first driver of Anisakis level. Nonlinear pattern confirmed that the variation of parasitism was related to ontogenetic dietary shifts. The impact of depth on diet also explained the effect of depth on parasites. In deeper areas, fish only access pelagic preys, where Anisakis presence is high, consistently with the pelagic nature of the parasite. Finally, relative proportions of parasitic burden by tissue appeared to be driven by lipid content. In lipid-rich species like T. trachurus, Anisakis can find favorable conditions in the body cavity and in muscle and avoid liver. Parasitism levels in fish are thus the result of patterns at play at different levels and that these factors should be better considered before being able to include parasites in an integrated vision of marine ecosystem functioning. PY 2023 PD SEP SO Canadian Journal Of Fisheries And Aquatic Sciences SN 0706-652X PU Canadian Science Publishing VL 80 IS 9 UT 001026007600001 BP 1495 EP 1508 DI 10.1139/cjfas-2022-0272 ID 95225 ER EF