"Unexpectedly High Biodiversity Of Parasites"

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  1. geekdafied

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  2. omard

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    And another...

    "...In the same way as the tropical rainforest, the coral reefs of warm seas are among the richest ecosystems of the world in terms of their biodiversity. In fact the best conserved areas harbour over 700 species of coral, 600 species of mollusc and nearly 4000 species of fish. These fish have been well studied by reef biodiversity specialists over the past few years, yet still little is known about their parasites. Two studies conducted by IRD researchers of Noumea have brought out evidence of this parasite species richness in two grouper species of the New Caledonian coral reef..."

    "... If such a level of parasite diversity prevails in all coral-reef fish, tens of thousands of parasite species are in this ecosystem waiting to be discovered..."

    Hey, I mean, do we really need that :confused: --- some things are better off left unknown. :-/


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    omard, Oct 8, 2007
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