TWiP 44: Parasites provide a cricket subsidy for trout
This Week in Parasitism · Vincent Racaniello
September 7, 20121h 20m
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Show Notes
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson explain how a nematode manipulates cricket behavior and alters the food web of a stream.
Links for this episode:- Nematomorph parasites alter food web of streams (Ecol Lett)
- Manipulation of cockle behavior by a trematode (Parasitology)
- Cockles infected by one parasite are more susceptible to a second (J Parasitol)
- Letters read on TWiP 44
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