Parasite transmission in aquatic ecosystems under climate change: joint effects of temperature, host behavior and elimination of parasite larvae by predators.
M. Gopko, E. Mironova, A. F. Pasternak, V. N. Mikheev, J. Taskinen
This study examines how temperature, fish behavior, and predator presence affect trematode larval transmission to fish, finding that temperature increases infection risk more than predator presence can mitigate.
bioRxiv · Sep 14, 2019Ecology