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Effects of parasitic freshwater mussels on their host fishes: a review

Freshwater mussels in the order Unionida are highly adapted to parasitize fish for the primary purpose of dispersal. The parasitic larval stage affixes itself to the gills or fins of the host where it becomes encysted in the tissue, eventually excysting to develop into a free-living adult. Research...

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Autores principales: Rock, Sebastian L., Watz, Johan, Nilsson, P. Anders, Österling, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10090606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36050917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0031182022001226