Prevalence of chytrid parasitism among diatom populations in the lower Columbia River (2009–2013)

Agriculture & Biology

• Columbia River 100%
• Bacillariophyceae 65%
• parasitism 58%
• Asterionella formosa 20%
• infection 19%
• parasite load 15%
• sporangia 14%
• rivers 9%
• aquatic food webs 8%
• parasites 8%
• carbon 7%
• orthophosphates 7%
• carbon sinks 7%
• trophic levels 6%
• organic carbon 6%
• oceans 6%
• estuaries 6%
• microalgae 5%
• fungi 3%
• cells 1%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• parasitism 87%
• diatom 58%
• river 32%
• parasite intensity 19%
• parasite 12%
• carbon 10%
• orthophosphate 7%
• loss 6%
• trophic level 6%
• low flow 5%
• food web 5%
• fungus 5%
• transect 5%
• estuary 4%
• organic carbon 4%
• cell 3%
• ocean 3%