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Behind invasive species.
This photo taken in Lianjiang, China shows the pink eggs of Pomacea canaliculata (apple snail) sticking to a stock and Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce) floating on the water surface in a pond. The two invasive species have replaced native species and become the dominants in the ecosystem. Furthermore, P. canaliculata has become the primary source of infection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in China (see Lv et al., doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000368).
Image Credit: Shan Lv, National Institute of Parasitic Diseases
Citation: (2009) PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Issue Image | Vol. 3(2) February 2009. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 3(2): ev03.i02. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pntd.v03.i02
Published: February 24, 2009
Copyright: © 2009 Lv. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
This photo taken in Lianjiang, China shows the pink eggs of Pomacea canaliculata (apple snail) sticking to a stock and Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce) floating on the water surface in a pond. The two invasive species have replaced native species and become the dominants in the ecosystem. Furthermore, P. canaliculata has become the primary source of infection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in China (see Lv et al., doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000368).
Image Credit: Shan Lv, National Institute of Parasitic Diseases