TY - JOUR N2 - 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. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/110540/PDF/PPR30-049.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/110540 PY - 2009 IS - No 1 EP - 49,58 KW - Antarctica KW - ascaridoid nematodes KW - fish KW - long-term change A1 - Rokicki, Jerzy A1 - Rodjuk, Galina A1 - Zdzitowiecki, Krzysztof A1 - Laskowski, Zdzisław PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research VL - vol. 30 DA - 2009 T1 - Larval ascaridoid nematodes (Anisakidae) in fish from the South Shetland Islands (Southern Ocean) SP - 49,58 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/110540 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -