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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Main Authors: Landon P. Falke, Daniel L. Preston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-08-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3670