Email this article Productivity and biomass of trematode (Digenea) parasites in lake ecosystems
- Authors: Yurlova N.I.1
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- Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch
- Issue: Vol 466, No 1 (2016)
- Pages: 28-31
- Section: General Biology
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0012-4966/article/view/153617
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496616010099
- ID: 153617
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Abstract
The first estimation of the annual production and biomass of cercariae (free swimming transmission stage of digenetic trematodes) in a lake ecosystem has been performed. The biomass of cercariae is comparable with that of free-living invertebrates and may make a significant contribution to the energy flow in lake ecosystems.
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N. I. Yurlova
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch
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Email: yurlova@ngs.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630091
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