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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:contributor>R. F. Hechinger</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>J. Lorda</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>L. Soler</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Kevin D. Lafferty</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2005</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Batillaria minima&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;is a common snail in the coastal estuaries of Puerto Rico. This snail is host to a variety of trematodes, the most common being&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Cercaria caribbea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;XXXI, a microphallid species that uses crabs as second intermediate hosts. The prevalence of infection was higher (7.1%) near mangroves than on mudflats away from mangroves (1.4%). Similarly, there was a significant positive association between the proportion of a site covered with mangroves and the prevalence of the microphallid. The association between mangroves and higher trematode prevalence is most likely because birds use mangroves as perch sites and this results in local transmission to snails.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1645/GE-427R</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>American Society of Parasitologists</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Trematodes associated with mangrove habitat in Puerto Rican salt marshes</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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