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SUBMITTER: Blanquart F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5095388 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20161001 1841
Parasites play a role in the control of transient algal blooms, but it is not known whether parasite-mediated selection results in coevolution of the host and the parasites over this short time span. We investigated the presence of coevolution between the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum and two naturally occurring endoparasites during blooms lasting a month in two river estuaries, using cross-inoculation experiments across time and space. Higher parasite abundance was associated with a ...[more]