Sponges (Porifera: Spongillida) as ecological indicators for parasitic protozoans Cryptosporidium and Giardia infective stages in freshwater ecosystems
Sponges filter large volumes of water by actively pumping it through their bodies to acquire nutrients, while Cryptosporidium and Giardia are aquatic ecosystems' primary faecal parasitic pollutants. Five aquatic matrices each of surface water (SW), water sediments (WS), substrate-associated bio...
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Formato: | Artigo |
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Elsevier
2022-06-01
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coleção: | Ecological Indicators |
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Acesso em linha: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X22003661 |