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dc.contributor.author | Ferreira, Susana M. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Jensen, K. Thomas. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Pardal, Miguel A. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-02-17T10:37:50Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2009-02-17T10:37:50Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Hydrobiologia. 539:1 (2005) 149-155 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/7848 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The estuarine isopod Cyathura carinata is a second intermediate host to microphallid trematodes, which use mud snails Hydrobia spp. and shorebirds as respectively first intermediate and final hosts. To identify processes responsible for infection patterns observed in C. carinata, a short-term microcosm experiment was conducted with both macroinvertebrates and one of their common parasites – Maritrema subdolum. Fine sand collected from two different shallow water sites was used to test if sediment type could affect infection rates. After 7 days at 25 °C, C. carinata from the substratum with the highest proportion of particles µm were more surface active and obtained significantly more M. subdolum individuals than isopods from the other sediment type. No parasite-induced effects on the hosts were found during this short-term experiment. The distribution pattern of microphallid cysts and mesocercariae inside the isopods revealed that M. subdolum cercariae primarily penetrated through the pleopods and afterwards located themselves in the middle-posterior region of the host’s body. Even if it was not possible to identify the factor responsible for the observed infection patterns (cercariae production and/or host behaviour), the results of this experiment indicate that small-scale factors, such as differences in substratum and associated features, may have considerable impact on infections of host populations. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | eng |
dc.rights | openAccess | eng |
dc.title | Infection characteristics of a trematode in an estuarine isopod: influence of substratum | en_US |
dc.type | article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s10750-004-3917-0 | en_US |
item.fulltext | Com Texto completo | - |
item.grantfulltext | open | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
item.openairetype | article | - |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf | - |
crisitem.author.researchunit | CFE - Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet | - |
crisitem.author.researchunit | CFE - Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0002-9969-2507 | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0001-6048-7007 | - |
Appears in Collections: | FCTUC Ciências da Vida - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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