@article{fdi:010040823,
  title = {{C}estode parasitism in invasive and native brine shrimps ({A}rtemia spp.) as a possible factor promoting the rapid invasion of {A}-franciscana in the {M}editerranean region},
  author = {{G}eorgiev, {B}. {B}. and {S}anchez, {M}arta {I}. and {V}asileva, {G}. {P}. and {N}ikolov, {P}. {N}. and {G}reen, {A}. {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}rtemia franciscana is an invasive crustacean expanding its range in hypersaline wetlands in the {M}editerranean region and replacing native {A}rtemia parthenogenetica and {A}rtemia salina. {N}ative brine shrimps are known as intermediate hosts of cestodes; infected individuals exhibit changes in their behaviour and appearance, thus facilitating the parasite transmission to the avian hosts by predation. {T}o assess whether invasive brine shrimps participate in the cestode life cycles to the same extent as the native species, we examined the natural infections in seven populations of {A}rtemia spp. along the southern coast of {S}pain and {P}ortugal: three populations of each {A}. franciscana and {A}. parthenogenetica and one population of {A}. salina. {T}en cestode species were found in {A}. parthenogenetica, while only six were recorded in each of {A}. salina and {A}. franciscana. {T}he overall infection was consistently higher in native than in invasive populations. {F}or a particular cestode species, the prevalence or abundance was significantly higher in a native population for 54 pairwise comparisons and only higher for an invasive population for 4 pairwise comparisons. {T}hese results suggest that cestodes may influence competitive interactions between native and invasive brine shrimps, thus partly explaining the invasive success of {A}. franciscana.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}arasitology {R}esearch},
  volume = {101},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {1647--1655},
  ISSN = {0932-0113},
  year = {2007},
  DOI = {10.1007/s00436-007-0708-3},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010040823},
}