Parasites are important because of the role they play on biodiversity from the local ecosystem to the global level. There is little information concerning helminths (worms) and none on myxozoan parasites of fishes in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Dr. Joseph Camp examined few specimens of about 15 fish species obtained from the park at selected localities in the early 2000’s. This is a fraction of the approximately 88 known fish species within park watersheds.Fishes collected by electrofishing by park personnel and volunteers will be identified, measured and examined using standard parasitological techniques. Parasites will be mounted on microscope slides for identification. Parasite data will be entered in the ATBI database, and the required report of activities and a checklist of parasite and host species produced. A photographic record of each species can be made and included in the ATBI database.
Collectors List: CollectorList.pdf
Family Count Graph: FamilyCountAcGraph.pdf
Genera of Largest Family Graph: GenusCountAcGraph.pdf
Project Information: ProjectInfo.pdf
Samplings List: SamplingsList.pdf
Species Ranking: SpeciesDistributionRanking.pdf
Species Report: Taxonomy.pdf
Upper Taxa List: UpperTaxa.pdf
Principal Investigator
PI Name: Dr. Sherman S. Hendrix
PI Organization: Gettysburg College
Primary Taxonomist
Taxonomist Name: Dr. Sherman S. Hendrix
Taxonomist Organization: Gettysburg College
