Invasive Ponto-Caspian Amphipods and Fish Increase the Distribution Range of the Acanthocephalan Pomphorhynchus tereticollis in the River Rhine

Sebastian Emde; Sonja Rueckert; Harry W. Palm; Sven Klimpel

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053218

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Invasive Ponto-Caspian Amphipods and Fish Increase the Distribution Range of the Acanthocephalan Pomphorhynchus tereticollis in the River Rhine

Sebastian Emde,

Affiliation Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Medical Biodiversity and Parasitology, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (SGN), Goethe-University (GO), Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Sonja Rueckert,

Affiliation School of Life, Sport and Social Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Harry W. Palm,

Affiliation Aquaculture and Sea-Ranching, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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Sven Klimpel

* E-mail: sven.klimpel@senckenberg.de

Affiliation Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Medical Biodiversity and Parasitology, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (SGN), Goethe-University (GO), Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Invasive Ponto-Caspian Amphipods and Fish Increase the Distribution Range of the Acanthocephalan Pomphorhynchus tereticollis in the River Rhine

Sebastian Emde,
Sonja Rueckert,
Harry W. Palm,
Sven Klimpel

Published: December 31, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053218

About the Authors

Sebastian Emde

Affiliation Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Medical Biodiversity and Parasitology, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (SGN), Goethe-University (GO), Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Sonja Rueckert

Affiliation School of Life, Sport and Social Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Harry W. Palm

Affiliation Aquaculture and Sea-Ranching, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Sven Klimpel

* E-mail: sven.klimpel@senckenberg.de

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SE SK. Performed the experiments: SE SK. Analyzed the data: SE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SE SK. Wrote the paper: SE SR HWP SK.

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