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There are populations of three-spined sticklebacks in the ocean and in many freshwater streams and ponds.
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The three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus is one of those doubly-convenient organisms.
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When tapeworms grow inside three-spined sticklebacks, filling their entire body cavity and soaking up most of the food their hosts eat, they probably make the fish ravenous.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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When tapeworms grow inside three-spined sticklebacks, filling their entire body cavity and soaking up most of the food their hosts eat, they probably make the fish ravenous.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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When tapeworms grow inside three-spined sticklebacks, filling their entire body cavity and soaking up most of the food their hosts eat, they probably make the fish ravenous.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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The relationship between infectivity of Schistocephalus solidus Cestoda and anti-predator behavior of its intermediate host, the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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The relationship between infectivity of Schistocephalus solidus Cestoda and anti-predator behavior of its intermediate host, the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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The relationship between infectivity of Schistocephalus solidus Cestoda and anti-predator behavior of its intermediate host, the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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The freshwater fish fauna is more limited and includes dolly varden Salvelinus malma, cut-throat trout Salmo clarki and three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus.
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There are three species of sticklebacks found in this country, the three-spined, the ten-spined, and the fifteen-spined -- this last inhabits salt water.
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children W. Houghton
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