Snails promote methane release from a freshwater lake ecosystem
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2014 Benthic fauna, as ecosystem engineers, can strongly affect microbial-driven ecosystem biogeochemical cycling. However, the effects of benthic fauna, especially epifauna, on CH4 cycling remain still elusive.
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De Novo transcriptome analysis of Oncomelania hupensis after molluscicide treatment by next-generation sequencing: implications for biology and future snail interventions. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The freshwater snail Oncomelania hupensis is the only intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum, which causes schistosomiasis. This disease is endemic in the Far East, especially in mainland China.
Qin Ping Zhao +4 more
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Preliminary assessment of Ram's horn snail (Gyraulus sp.) as live feed for common carp (Cyprinus carpio) [PDF]
, 2012 Gyraulus sp. or Ram’s horn snail (Figure 1) is a freshwater, air breathing snail of the family Planorbidae. It has a characteristic flat spiral shape shell in the shape of a Ram’s horn. Snails from this family are hermaphrodites.
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Effect of Escherichia coli endotoxin on Archachatina marginata haemolymph coagulation system [PDF]
, 2010 The effect of _E. coli_ endotoxin on the heamolymph coagulation response of _Archachatina marginata_ was studied. Heamocyte Lysate(HL), Haemocyte Lysate Supernatant(HLS) and Haemocyte Lysate Debris (HLD) were exposed to _Escherichia coli_ endotoxin ...
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A new substrate for sampling deep river macroinvertebrates [PDF]
, 2009 We compared macroinvertebrate communities colonising multiplate samplers constructed from perspex or tempered hardboard (wood) with an alternative artificial substrate constructed from folded coconut fibre matting (coir) enclosed in nylon netting ...
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Physella acuta Confirmed as Intermediate Host of Posthodiplostomum sp. from Lake Alqueva, Portugal
PathogensPhysella acuta is an invasive freshwater snail with a global distribution and a recognized role as an intermediate host for various trematodes, including Echinostoma spp. and Trichobilharzia physellae. In Portugal, P.
Maria Teresa Bispo +4 more
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A laboratory and in situ postexposure feeding assay with a freshwater snail [PDF]
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2013 Abstract Contaminant-driven feeding inhibition has direct and immediate consequences at higher levels of biological organization, by depressing the population consumption and thus hampering ecosystem functioning (e.g., grazing, organic matter decomposition).
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Wellcome Open Research, 2018 Schistosomiasis is an important parasitic disease, touching roughly 200 million people worldwide. The causative agents are different Schistosoma species. Schistosomes have a complex life cycle, with a freshwater snail as intermediate host.
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Environment-dependent inbreeding depression in a hermaphroditic freshwater snail [PDF]
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2003 Abstract Inbreeding depression was simultaneously studied under contrasted environments, laboratory and natural conditions, using individuals originating from 14 families of the freshwater snail Physa acuta. Both survival and growth of juveniles showed inbreeding depression under laboratory conditions.
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The snail-killing flies of Alaska (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) [PDF]
, 1999 Information is given on the geographic distribution, habitat preferences, larval foods, and immature stages for 57 species of 9 genera of Sciomyzidae known to occur in Alaska. An illustrated key to adults is included.
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