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. 2017 Aug 24;7:9349. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-09950-3

Table 3.

Review of studies on the effects of infections on upper thermal tolerance in animal hosts.

Agent phylum Agent species Host taxon Host species Effect on thermal tolerance Reference
Arthropoda Lernaea cyprinaceae freshwater fish Pimephales promelas no effect Vaughan and Coble20
Arthropoda Salmincola edwardsii freshwater fish Salvelinus fontinalis decreased Vaughan and Coble20
Choanozoa Ichthyophonus-like sp. newt Notophthalmus viridescens decreased Sherman19
Chytridiomycota Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis frog Litoria spenceri decreased Greenspan et al. this study
Platyhelminthes Crassiphiala bulboglossa freshwater fish Perca flavescens no effect Vaughan and Coble20
Platyhelminthes Cryptocotyle lingua marine snail Littorina littorea decreased McDaniel23
Platyhelminthes Himasthla elongata, Renicola roscovita marine clam Cardium edule decreased Lauckner27
Platyhelminthes Lepocreadium ovalis, Zoogonus rubellus marine snail Nassarius obsoletus decreased Vernberg and Vernberg22
Platyhelminthes Maritrema sp. marine snail Zeacumantus subcarinatus increased Bates et al.28
Platyhelminthes Philophthalmus sp. marine snail Zeacumantus subcarinatus decreased Bates et al.28
Platyhelminthes Schistosoma mansoni freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata decreased Lee and Cheng24
Platyhelminthes Uvulifer ambloplitis freshwater fish Notropis chrysocephalus no effect Hocket and Mundahl65
Platyhelminthes Uvulifer ambloplitis freshwater fish Notropis spilopterus no effect Hocket and Mundahl65
Platyhelminthes Uvulifer ambloplitis freshwater fish Pimephales notatus no effect Hocket and Mundahl65
Platyhelminthes 10 species* marine snail Cerithidea californica no effect Sousa and Gleason66
Platyhelminthes 3 species** marine snail Nassarius obsoletus increased Riel67
Platyhelminthes (dominant), Acanthocephala, Nematoda 6 species*** freshwater fish Lepomis macrochirus decreased Lutterschmidt et al.21
Platyhelminthes (dominant), Acanthocephala, Nematoda 7 species**** freshwater fish Lepomis megalotis decreased Lutterschmidt et al.21
Platyhelminthes unknown marine snail Littorina littorea decreased Lauckner26
Platyhelminthes unknown marine snail Nassarius reticulatus decreased Tallmark and Norrgren25

*Acanthoparyphium spinulosum, Austrobilharzia sp., Catatropis johnstoni, Echinoparyphium sp., Euhaplorchis californiensis, Himasthla rhigedana, Parorchis acanthus, unidentified cyathocotylid, unidentified m icrophallid, unidentified renicolid. **Zoogonus lasius, Himasthla quissetensis, Lepocreadium setiferoides. ***Platyhelminthes: Neascus sp., Proteocephalus sp.; Nematoda: Spinitectus carolini, Camallanus oxycephalus, unidentified larvae; Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhyncus cylindratus. ****Platyhelminthes: Crepidostomum cornutum, Neascus sp., Proteocephalus sp.; Nematoda: Spinitectus carolini, Camallanus oxycephalus, unidentified larvae; Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhyncus cylindratus.