Helminth parasites of Artemia franciscana (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in the Great Salt Lake, Utah: first data from the native range of this invader of European wetlands.

@article{Redn2015HelminthPO,
  title={Helminth parasites of Artemia franciscana (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in the Great Salt Lake, Utah: first data from the native range of this invader of European wetlands.},
  author={Stella Red{\'o}n and Nicole J Berthelemy and Yasen Mutafchiev and Francisco D. Amat and Boyko B. Georgiev and Gergana P. Vasileva},
  journal={Folia parasitologica},
  year={2015},
  volume={62}
}
The present study is the first survey on the role of Artemia franciscana Kellogg as intermediate host of helminth parasites in its native geographical range in North America (previous studies have recorded nine cestode and one nematode species from this host in its invasive habitats in the Western Mediterranean). Samples of Artemia franciscana were collected from four sites in the Great Salt Lake (GSL), Utah, across several months (June-September 2009). A. franciscana serves as intermediate… 
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