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A minimalist macroparasite diversity in the round goby of the Upper Rhine reduced to an exotic acanthocephalan lineage.
Parasitology - 1 Jul 2018
David Gwendoline M, Staentzel Cybill, Schlumberger Olivier, Perrot-Minnot Marie-Jeanne, Beisel Jean-Nicolas, Hardion Laurent
Abstract excerpt
The round goby, Neogobius melanostomus, is a Ponto-Caspian fish considered as an invasive species in a wide range of aquatic ecosystems. To understand the role that parasites may play in its successful invasion across Western Europe, we investigated the parasitic diversity of the round goby along its invasion corridor, from the Danube to the Upper Rhine rivers, using data from literature and a molecular barcoding...
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