#Bluecrab #oyster #parasite
"Oysters reduced parasite densities in the water...Our results jointly support that oysters benefit adjacent community members through feeding on transmissive stages of their pathogens"
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Filter feeding by oysters reduces disease transmission in a marine host–parasite system
As a mechanism of the dilution effect, predation and filter feeding on parasitic propagules are hypothesized to reduce transmission to susceptible hosts and alter host–parasite interactions. In marin...
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