Potassium stimulates fungal epidemics in Daphnia by increasing host and parasite reproduction

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 380-388

  Civitello, David J ^a   Penczykowski, Rachel M ^b   Hite, Jessica L ^a   Duffy, Meghan A ^b,c   Hall, Spencer R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemic; Host condition; Nutrient; Parasite reproduction; Potassium

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

CATALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FLEA; FUNGUS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURAL ENEMY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POTASSIUM; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DAPHNIA; DRUG EFFECT; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LAKE; METSCHNIKOWIA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LAKES; METSCHNIKOWIA; POTASSIUM; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA DENTIFERA; METSCHNIKOWIA BICUSPIDATA;

EID: 84876141475     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0883.1     Document Type: Article

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