Surges in trematode prevalence linked to centennial-scale flooding events in the Adriatic.
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SUBMITTER: Scarponi D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5516012 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
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Surges in trematode prevalence linked to centennial-scale flooding events in the Adriatic.
Scarponi Daniele D Azzarone Michele M Kowalewski Michał M Huntley John Warren JW
Scientific reports 20170718 1
The forecasts of increasing global temperature and sea level rise have led to concern about the response of parasites to anthropogenic climate change. Whereas ecological studies of parasite response to environmental shifts are necessarily limited to short time scales, the fossil record can potentially provide a quantitative archive of long-term ecological responses to past climate transitions. Here, we document multi-centennial scale changes in prevalence of trematodes infesting the bivalve host ...[more]
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