A Contribution Toward Understanding Trematode Diversity in Freshwater Snails of the Southwestern Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. [PDF]
J Trop MedBackground Freshwater snails serve as intermediate hosts for trematode parasites and play a key role in transmitting various parasitic diseases. Snail‐borne trematodiases pose important public and veterinary health risks in South Asia, where freshwater snails sustain transmission in agricultural and periurban waters.
Shilpakar M +3 more
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Pesticide-Free Rice Paddies Promote Diverse and Distinct Aquatic Invertebrate Communities in Cool-Temperate Agroecosystems. [PDF]
Ecol EvolFreshwater wetlands are disappearing across agricultural landscapes, prompting interest in pesticide‐free rice paddies as multifunctional habitats. Across 2 years, rice paddies supported higher local macroinvertebrate density and richness than nearby natural wetlands, although wetlands maintained greater regional diversity and more heterogeneous ...
Bulas T +4 more
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The morphology, genetic structure, and haplotype distribution of the invasive freshwater snails Biomphalaria straminea and Physa acuta in Guangdong, China [PDF]
Tropical Medicine and HealthBackground Biomphalaria and Physa (order Gastropoda) serve as vectors and reservoirs for infectious agents that affect both humans and animals. This study provides updated insights into the epidemiology, morphology, phylogeny, and haplotype diversity of ...
Ping He +13 more
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Freshwater Snails at the Biodiversity-Climate-Health Nexus: A Call to Recognize Neglected Models for Eco-Evolutionary and One Health Research. [PDF]
Ecol EvolFreshwater snails occupy a unique position at the intersection of biodiversity, climate, and health. I argue that their ecological plasticity, reproductive diversity, and role as parasite hosts make them powerful yet overlooked model systems for integrating eco‐evolutionary dynamics with One Health challenges.
Chapuis E.
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Inference About Separable Causal Effects With Longitudinal Bivariate Ordinal Responses With Missingness and Censoring. [PDF]
Stat MedABSTRACT Causal inference has gained extensive attention in various fields, including healthcare, epidemiology, and social sciences. While many methods have been developed, most research has been directed to handle data with a univariate response variable.
Hu P, Yi GY.
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The effects of naproxen sodium on the growth, reproduction, survival, and feeding of a freshwater pond snail [PDF]
PeerJOver-the-counter drugs are emerging contaminants in the environment. These contaminants often affect aquatic communities, including freshwater invertebrates. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly found in aquatic ecosystems worldwide
Rachel Becker, Elizabeth Hamman
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Effects of Salinity and Temperature on Survival, Growth, and Food Intake of Ramshorn Snail (<i>Helisoma anceps</i>). [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis study examines how salinity and temperature affect the survival, growth, and food intake of the freshwater snail Helisoma anceps. Snails exposed to salinities of 10 ppt and above died within 48 h, while growth and food intake decreased as salinity increased. The results provide information on the environmental limits of H. anceps and its use under
Chen SH, Hung TC.
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Interactive Effects of Two Global Contaminants on Behavioral Variation in Brine Shrimp. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWildlife is often exposed to multiple pollutants with unknown joint effects. We tested how two aquatic pollutants at realistic levels alter activity in Artemia. Phenanthrene reduced average activity but not when mixed with 2,4‐dichlorophenol. Both pollutants and their mix reduced behavioral plasticity but not individuality, highlighting the importance ...
Favero M +8 more
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Interactions between two functionally distinct aquatic invertebrate herbivores complicate ecosystem- and population-level resilience [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Resilience, the capacity for a system to bounce-back after a perturbation, is critical for conservation and restoration efforts. Different functional traits have differential effects on system-level resilience. We test this experimentally in a lab system
Jo A. Werba +5 more
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Impacts of Land Use and Water Quality on Macroinvertebrate Diversity Under Human Disturbance in the Lake Chaohu Basin, China. [PDF]
Ecol EvolOur study revealed that human activities drive changes in macroinvertebrate diversity through the combined effects of land use and water quality. The results showed that sensitive taxa (Semisulcospira cancelata) dominated in low disturbance areas, Bellamya (Bellamya aeruginosa) and Alocinma (Alocinma longicornis) were predominant in moderate ...
Chen B, Ji Q, Yao Y, Zhang Z, Lin Y.
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