Infection prevalence and density of a pathogenic trematode parasite decrease with stream order along a river continuum
Abstract In lotic ecosystems, the River Continuum Concept (RCC) provides a framework for understanding changes in environmental factors and free‐living communities, yet how parasite populations shift along river continua remains less clear. We quantified infections by a pathogenic trematode parasite...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2021-08-01
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Series: | Ecosphere |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3670 |