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Parasitism and the Biodiversity-Functioning Relationship
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-15)
Species interactions can influence ecosystem functioning by enhancing or suppressing the activities of species that drive ecosystem processes, or by causing changes in biodiversity. However, one important class of species interactions – parasitism – has been little considered in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BD-EF) research. Parasites might increase or decrease ecosystem processes by ...
Effects of fish species composition on Diphyllobothrium spp. infections in subarctic brown trout - is three-spined stickleback a key species?
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-04-25)
Subarctic populations of brown trout (Salmo trutta) are often heavily infected with cestodes of the genus Diphyllobothrium, assumedly because of their piscivorous behavior. This study explores possible associations between availability of fish prey and Diphyllobothrium spp. infections in lacustrine trout populations. Trout in i) allopatry (group T); ii) sympatry with Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) ...
Variation in functional trait composition of benthic invertebrates across depths and seasons in a subarctic lake
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2016-07-01)
Benthic invertebrate communities play a fundamental role in lake ecosystems, and the understanding of how those benthic communities are structured, particularly in terms of the identity and spatiotemporal distribution of their functional traits, is key to our understanding of how lake ecosystems work. In Takvatn, a subarctic lake in northern Norway, we identified the taxonomic and functional identity ...
Fish culling reduces tapeworm burden in Arctic charr by increasing parasite mortality rather than by reducing density-dependent transmission
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-25)
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<li>Two common <i>Dibothriocephalus</i> (formerly <i>Diphyllobothrium</i>) tapeworm species were significantly reduced by experimental culling of their fish host Arctic charr (<i>Salvelinus alpinus</i>) in a subarctic lake.</li><p>
<p><li>Between 1984 and 1991, funnel traps were used to cull ~35 metric tons of Arctic charr, reducing charr density by ~80%. As charr densities decreased, ...
Ectoparasites population dynamics are affected by host body size but not host density or water temperature in a 32-year long time series
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-22)
Host density, host body size and ambient temperature have all been positively associated
with increases in parasite infection. However, the relative importance of these factors in
shaping long-term parasite population dynamics in wild host populations is unknown
due to the absence of long-term studies. Here, we examine long-term drivers of gill lice
(Copepoda) infections in Arctic charr (Salmonidae) ...