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Infection with behaviour-manipulating parasites enhances bioturbation by key aquatic detritivores

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2019

Maureen A. Williams Open the ORCID record for Maureen A. Williams [Opens in a new window] ,
Ian Donohue Open the ORCID record for Ian Donohue [Opens in a new window] ,
Juliette Picard ,
Floriane O'Keeffe  and
Celia V. Holland Open the ORCID record for Celia V. Holland [Opens in a new window]
Maureen A. Williams*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
Ian Donohue
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
Juliette Picard
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
Floriane O'Keeffe
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
Celia V. Holland
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
*
Author for correspondence: Maureen A. Williams, E-mail: william2@tcd.ie
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Abstract

The ecological ubiquity of parasites and their potential impacts on host behaviour have led to the suggestion that parasites can act as ecosystem engineers, structuring their environment and physical habitats. Potential modification of the relationship between parasites and their hosts by climate change has important implications for how hosts interact with both their biotic and abiotic environment. Here, we show that warming and parasitic infection independently increase rates of bioturbation by a key detritivore in aquatic ecosystems (Gammarus). These findings have important implications for ecosystem structure and functioning in a warming world, as alterations to rates of bioturbation could significantly modify oxygenation penetration and nutrient cycling in benthic sediments of rivers and lakes. Our results demonstrate a need for future ecosystem management strategies to account for parasitic infection when predicting the impacts of a warming climate.

Keywords

Acanthocephalabehaviourbioturbationecosystem engineerGammarushost-parasite interactionsparasitetemperaturewarming
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Parasitology , Volume 146 , Issue 12 , October 2019 , pp. 1528 - 1531
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