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Daphnia predation on the amphibian chytrid fungus and its impacts on disease risk in tadpoles

Direct predation upon parasites has the potential to reduce infection in host populations. For example, the fungal parasite of amphibians, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), is commonly transmitted through a free-swimming zoospore stage that may be vulnerable to predation. Potential predators of B...

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Autores principales: Searle, Catherine L, Mendelson, Joseph R, Green, Linda E, Duffy, Meghan A
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/PMC3853558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24324864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.777

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