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Silke Van den Wyngaert
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Open AccessToward phytoplankton parasite detection using autoencoders
Phytoplankton parasites are largely understudied microbial components with a potentially significant ecological influence on phytoplankton bloom dynamics. To better understand the impact of phytoplankton paras...
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Open AccessFungal parasitism on diatoms alters formation and bio–physical properties of sinking aggregates
Phytoplankton forms the base of aquatic food webs and element cycling in diverse aquatic systems. The fate of phytoplankton-derived organic matter, however, often remains unresolved as it is controlled by comp...
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Open AccessIntercomparison of Two Fluorescent Dyes to Visualize Parasitic Fungi (Chytridiomycota) on Phytoplankton
Fungal microparasites (here chytrids) are widely distributed and yet, they are often overlooked in aquatic environments. To facilitate the detection of microparasites, we revisited the applicability of two fun...
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Open AccessTrophic position, elemental ratios and nitrogen transfer in a planktonic host–parasite–consumer food chain including a fungal parasite
Parasitism is arguably the most commonly occurring consumer strategy. However, only a few food web studies assess how well stable isotopes reflect the trophic position of parasitic consumers and results are va...
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Fungi in aquatic ecosystems
Fungi are phylogenetically and functionally diverse ubiquitous components of almost all ecosystems on Earth, including aquatic environments stretching from high montane lakes down to the deep ocean. Aquatic ec...
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Parasite Fitness Traits Under Environmental Variation: Disentangling the Roles of a Chytrid’s Immediate Host and External Environment
Parasite environments are heterogeneous at different levels. The first level of variability is the host itself. The second level represents the external environment for the hosts, to which parasites may be exp...
