The tapeworm Ligula intestinalis alters the behavior of the fish intermediate host Engraulicypris sardella, but only after it has become infective to the final host
•Fish host infected with parasite differed in behavior from uninfected ones.•Were caught easily, active in swimming and stayed higher up in the water column.•The parasite had a significant impact on the fish host behavior at the infective stage.•Less developed parasite had little effect on the fish...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Behavioural processes 2019-01, Vol.158, p.47-52 |
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