Population Dynamics and Parasite Load of a Foraminifer on Its Antarctic Scallop Host with Their Carbonate Biomass Contributions

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Hancock, Leanne G., Walker, Sally E., Pérez-Huerta, Alberto, Bowser, Samuel S.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2015
• Subjects: Research Article; Antarctic; Bay of Sails; Explorers Cove; Herbertson Glacier; McMurdo Sound; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4505869/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26186724; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132534

We studied the population dynamics and parasite load of the foraminifer Cibicides antarcticus on its host the Antarctic scallop Adamussium colbecki from three localities differing by sea ice cover within western McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica: Explorers Cove, Bay of Sails and Herbertson Glacier...