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Quantifying the biomass of parasites to understand their role in aquatic communities

By infecting multiple host species and acting as a food resource, parasites can affect food web topography and contribute to ecosystem energy transfer. Owing to the remarkable secondary production of some taxa, parasite biomass – although cryptic – can be comparable to other invertebrate and vertebr...

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Autores principales: Lambden, Jason, Johnson, Pieter T J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3728967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23919172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.635