@ARTICLE{Rokicki_Jerzy_Larval_2009, author={Rokicki, Jerzy and Rodjuk, Galina and Zdzitowiecki, Krzysztof and Laskowski, Zdzisław}, volume={vol. 30}, number={No 1}, journal={Polish Polar Research}, pages={49,58}, howpublished={online}, year={2009}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Committee on Polar Research}, abstract={The aim of this study was to assess the anisakid nematode distribution pattern in the fish collected from the South Shetland Islands . A total of 32 fish species were examined for the presence of nematodes in 1978, 1979, 1981 and 2007/2008. The fish were caught off the South Shetland Islands ( Elephant Island , Shishkov Island and in Admiralty Bay – King George Island ). Three genera of L3 larval nematodes were identified: Anisakis sp., Contracaecum spp. and Pseudoterranova decipiens. The infection level was higher on the shelf around the islands than in Admiralty Bay . This is explained by a higher abundance of the final hosts in the region. A comparison of the infection data from 1978/79 and 2007/2008 with data from 1994/96 (Palm et al. 1998, 2007) was done. The parameters of infection of Notothenia coriiceps and Lepidonotothen nudifrons by Pseudoterranova decipiens were decreasing within the 30 years period.}, type={Article}, title={Larval ascaridoid nematodes (Anisakidae) in fish from the South Shetland Islands (Southern Ocean)}, URL={http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/110540/PDF/PPR30-049.pdf}, keywords={Antarctica, ascaridoid nematodes, fish, long-term change}, }