Molecular analyses reveal high cryptic diversity of trematodes in a sub-Arctic lake

• Published in: International Journal for Parasitology
• Main Authors: Soldánová, Miroslava, Georgieva, Simona, Roháčová, Jana, Knudsen, Rune, Kuhn, Jesper A., Henriksen, Eirik Haugstvedt, Siwertsson, Anna, Shaw, Jenny C., Kuris, Armand M., Amundsen, Per-Arne, Scholz, Tomas, Lafferty, Kevin D., Kostadinova, Aneta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Basale biofag: 470; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Basic biosciences: 470; VDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900::Fiskerifag: 920::Fiskehelse: 923; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Fish health: 923; Arctic; Arctic Lake; Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/12450; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2016.12.008

To identify trematode diversity and life-cycles in the sub-Arctic Lake Takvatn, Norway, we characterised 120 trematode isolates from mollusc first intermediate hosts, metacercariae from second intermediate host fishes and invertebrates, and adults from fish and invertebrate definitive hosts, using m...