Environmental and ecological factors driving trematode parasite community assembly in central Alberta lakes

Parasites have been neglected from most biodiversity surveys even though they are an essential component of ecosystems and intimately associated with the free-living communities within them. Parasites with complex life cycles, such as digenean trematode flatworms, utilize at least two host species w...

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Main Authors: Michelle A. Gordy, Janet Koprivnikar, Brooke McPhail, Patrick C. Hanington
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224420301097