Grouping facilitates avoidance of parasites by fish

BACKGROUND: Parasite distribution is often highly heterogeneous, and intensity of infection depends, among other things, on how well hosts can avoid areas with a high concentration of parasites. We studied the role of fish behaviour in avoiding microhabitats with a high infection risk using Oncorhyn...

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Autores principales: Mikheev, Victor N, Pasternak, Anna F, Taskinen, Jouni, Valtonen, Tellervo E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3853141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24499549
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-301

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3853141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24499549
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-301

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