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TWiP 44: Parasites provide a cricket subsidy for trout

TWiP 44: Parasites provide a cricket subsidy for trout

FromThis Week in Parasitism


TWiP 44: Parasites provide a cricket subsidy for trout

FromThis Week in Parasitism

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Length:
80 minutes
Released:
Sep 7, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson explain how a nematode manipulates cricket behavior and alters the food web of a stream.
Links for this episode:

Nematomorph parasites alter food web of streams (Ecol Lett)
Manipulation of cockle behavior by a trematode (Parasitology)
Cockles infected by one parasite are more susceptible to a second (J Parasitol)
Letters read on TWiP 44

Contact
Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twip@twiv.tv.
Released:
Sep 7, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

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TWiP is a monthly netcast about eukaryotic parasites. Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier, science Professors from Columbia University, deconstruct parasites, how they cause illness, and how you can prevent infections.