Epibiotic suctorians and enigmatic ecto and endoparasitoid dinoflagellates of euphausiid eggs (Euphausiacea) at Oregon, USA
We discovered euphausiid eggs infested with epibiotic suctorian ciliates (Ephelotidae), with ectoparasitoid blastodinian dinoflagellates (Chytriodinium sp.), and infected with unidentified endoparasitoid syndinian-like dinoflagellates. The discovery of two parasitoid protists suggests a significant...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Instituto Politécnico Nacional |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio Digital del IPN |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.repositoriodigital.ipn.mx:123456789/13279 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://www.repositoriodigital.ipn.mx/handle/123456789/13279 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Biomass production parasitoids parasites Oregon eufáusidos |
| Sumario: | We discovered euphausiid eggs infested with epibiotic suctorian ciliates (Ephelotidae), with ectoparasitoid blastodinian dinoflagellates (Chytriodinium sp.), and infected with unidentified endoparasitoid syndinian-like dinoflagellates. The discovery of two parasitoid protists suggests a significant source of embryonic mortality and a potential control on euphausiid larval recruitment rates. |
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