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TWiP 44: Parasites provide a cricket subsidy for trout

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson explain how a nematode manipulates cricket behavior and alters the food web of a stream.

Right-click to download TWiP #44 (58 MB .mp3, 80 minutes).

Links for this episode:

• Nematomorph parasites alter food web of streams (Ecol Lett)
• Manipulation of cockle behavior by a trematode (Parasitology)
• Cockles infected by one parasite are more susceptible to a second (J Parasitol)
• Letters read on TWiP 44

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