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Dietary stress in parasitized and non-parasitized Gasterosteus aculeatus L.

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The influence of different feeding levels on the growth rate and survival of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) parasitized by the plerocercoid(s) of Schistocephalus solidus was compared with that of non-parasitized sticklebacks on similar diets.

Parasitized fish, on restricted diets, died before non-parasitized ones. The feeding rate required to maintain total body weight (maintenance diet level) was higher for non-parasitized fish than for parasitized sticklebacks: this may be related to the greater gross efficiency of the parasite.

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  1. Department of Applied Biology, University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, King Edward VII Avenue, Cathays Park, Cardiff, UK

    David Pascoe & Derek Mattey

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Pascoe, D., Mattey, D. Dietary stress in parasitized and non-parasitized Gasterosteus aculeatus L.. Z. F. Parasitenkunde 51, 179–186 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00500957

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