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Daphnia magna is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere and in particular in the holarctic. [2] It can be found in fresh and brackish water bodies of different sizes, from lakes to ponds and ephemeral rock pools near the sea. D. magna tolerates higher levels of salinity (up to one-fifth the salinity of sea water) than most other species of the ...
The first experiment focused solely on a pathogen's ability to decrease or completely wipe out a whole population of organisms. In this experiment, researchers used Daphnia magna as the host and six microparasites were vertically transmitted to the host. [8]
Daphnia is a genus of small planktonic crustaceans including D. magna, P. ramosa's most popular host target. Other hosts include D. pulex, D. longispina, D. dentifera, and Moina rectirostris. An established and widely used coevolutionary model of host-pathogen interactions exists with P. ramosa and D. magna. [3] [4]
Daphnia is a genus of small planktonic crustaceans, 0.2–6.0 mm (0.01–0.24 in) in length. Daphnia are members of the order Anomopoda, and are one of the several small aquatic crustaceans commonly called water fleas because their saltatory swimming style resembles the movements of fleas.
One well known example of a bioassay is the "canary in the coal mine" experiment. [10] To provide advance warning of dangerous levels of methane in the air, miners would take methane-sensitive canaries into coal mines. If the canary died due to a build-up of methane, the miners would leave the area as quickly as possible.
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Infection of Daphnia populations by Hamiltosporidium have been recorded in the United Kingdom, Russia, Belgium and Israel (H. magnivora), [6] as well as Sweden, Finland and Israel (H. tvaerminnensis). [7] [8] While its host D. magna is found all over the northern hemisphere, the
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