Parasites outweigh predators in Pacific coast estuaries
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 15:35
in Biology & Nature
In a study of parasites living in three estuaries on the Pacific coast of California and Baja California, researchers have determined that biomass of these parasites exceeds that of top predators, in some cases by more than 20 times. Their findings, which could have significant ecological and biomedical implications, appear in this week's issue of the journal Nature...
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