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Consumer and host body size effects on the removal of trematode cercariae by ambient communities 

Published in Parasitology 
Welsh JE, Hempel A, Markovic M, van der Meer J, Thieltges DW (2018). Consumer and host body size effects on the removal of trematode cercariae by ambient communities. Parasitology 1–6. 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182018001488


This data file includes the raw data of the experiments in six columns.

Experiment:
Denotes the different experiments conducted (cockle, oyster, crab, shrimp).

ConsumerPresence:
Presence or absence of a consumer or host in a treatment.

SizeTreatment: 
Size class category (A-E; small – large respectively) of the consumer or host used in a treatment or ‘control’ in absence of consumers or hosts.

CercariaeAdded:
Number of cercariae added to each experimental unit.

CercariaeRemaining:
Number of cercariae remaining in experimental units after 3 hours.

CercariaeConsumed:
Number of cercariae removed ("consumed") by consumers or hosts during the experiment.


