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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |