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List of works by Meghan A. Duffy

A colorful killer: Daphnia infected with the bacterium Spirobacillus cienkowskii exhibit unexpected color variation

scientific article published on 05 December 2018

A healthy but depleted herd: Predators decrease prey disease and density

scientific article published in 2023

A lack of evidence for six times more anxiety and depression in US graduate students than in the general population

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

A power–efficiency trade‐off in resource use alters epidemiological relationships

scientific article published on March 1, 2012

Allocation, not male resistance, increases male frequency during epidemics: A case study in facultatively sexual hosts

scientific article

Bringing ecology blogging into the scientific fold: measuring reach and impact of science community blogs.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Call for new AAAS harassment policy

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Can hot temperatures limit disease transmission? A test of mechanisms in a zooplankton-fungus system

article

Comparing the Indirect Effects between Exploiters in Predator-Prey and Host-Pathogen Systems

scientific article published on 09 October 2020

Context-Dependent Host-Symbiont Interactions: Shifts along the Parasitism-Mutualism Continuum

scientific article published on 28 July 2021

Daphnia predation on the amphibian chytrid fungus and its impacts on disease risk in tadpoles

scientific article published on 23 September 2013

Differential infection of exotic and native freshwater amphipods by a parasitic water mold in the St. Lawrence River

Disease in freshwater zooplankton: what have we learned and where are we going?

article by Carla Caceres et al published 20 January 2014 in Journal of Plankton Research

Dose relationships can exacerbate, mute, or reverse the impact of heterospecific host density on infection prevalence

scientific article published on 12 July 2021

Draft Genome Sequence of " Spirobacillus cienkowskii," a Pathogen of Freshwater Species, Reconstructed from Hemolymph Metagenomic Reads

scientific article published on 06 December 2018

Eating yourself sick: transmission of disease as a function of foraging ecology

scientific article published on March 2007

Ecological consequences of intraspecific variation in lakeDaphnia

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Ecological context influences epidemic size and parasite-driven evolution

scientific article published in March 2012

Ecological feedbacks and the evolution of resistance

scientific article published on 28 May 2009

Ecology, Virulence, and Phylogeny of Blastulidium paedophthorum, a Widespread Brood Parasite of Daphnia spp.

scientific article published on 5 June 2015

Epidemic size determines population-level effects of fungal parasites on Daphnia hosts

scientific article published on 9 February 2011

Epidemiology of a Daphnia-multiparasite system and its implications for the red queen.

scientific article

Epidemiology. It helps to be well connected

scientific article published in June 2014

Formative Work and Community Engagement Approaches for Implementing an HIV Intervention in Botswana Schools

scientific article

Friendly competition: evidence for a dilution effect among competitors in a planktonic host-parasite system

scientific article published in March 2009

Gender diversity of editorial boards and gender differences in the peer review process at six journals of ecology and evolution

scientific article published in 2019

Habitat structure and ecological drivers of disease

Habitat, predators, and hosts regulate disease in Daphnia through direct and indirect pathways

article published in 2016

Human drivers of ecological and evolutionary dynamics in emerging and disappearing infectious disease systems

scientific article

Infectivity is influenced by parasite spore age and exposure to freezing: do shallow waters provide Daphnia a refuge from some parasites?

article by Meghan A. Duffy & Katherine K Hunsberger published 17 November 2018 in Journal of Plankton Research

Interesting open questions in disease ecology and evolution

scientific article published on 8 July 2014

Last And Corresponding Authorship Practices In Ecology

Last and corresponding authorship practices in ecology

scientific article published on 20 September 2017

Linking host traits, interactions with competitors and disease: Mechanistic foundations for disease dilution

scientific article published in 2018

Local adaptation of a parasite to solar radiation impacts disease transmission potential, spore yield, and host fecundity

scientific article published on 13 February 2020

Mechanisms by which predators mediate host–parasite interactions in aquatic systems

scientific article published on 16 July 2021

Parasite consumption and host interference can inhibit disease spread in dense populations

scientific article published on 3 March 2013

Parasite rearing and infection temperatures jointly influence disease transmission and shape seasonality of epidemics

scientific article published on 31 July 2018

Parasite transmission in a natural multihost-multiparasite community.

scientific article published on May 2017

Parasite-mediated disruptive selection in a natural Daphnia population

scientific article

Parasites destabilize host populations by shifting stage-structured interactions

scientific article published on February 2016

Phylogenetic characterization and prevalence of "Spirobacillus cienkowskii," a red-pigmented, spiral-shaped bacterial pathogen of freshwater Daphnia species

scientific article

Physical structure of lakes constrains epidemics in Daphnia populations

scientific article published in June 2006

Plasticity, not genetic variation, drives infection success of a fungal parasite.

scientific article published on 25 February 2015

Poor resource quality lowers transmission potential by changing foraging behaviour

article

Population Density, Not Host Competence, Drives Patterns of Disease in an Invaded Community

scientific article

Potassium stimulates fungal epidemics in Daphnia by increasing host and parasite reproduction

scientific article published on February 2013

Preaching to the choir or composing new verses? Toward a writerly climate literacy in introductory undergraduate biology

scientific article published on 28 October 2019

Predators and patterns of within-host growth can mediate both among-host competition and evolution of transmission potential of parasites

scientific article

Priority effects within coinfected hosts can drive unexpected population‐scale patterns of parasite prevalence

scholarly article

Quality matters: resource quality for hosts and the timing of epidemics

scientific article published on 26 November 2008

Rapid evolution and ecological host-parasite dynamics

scientific article published in January 2007

Rapid evolution as a possible constraint on emerging infectious diseases

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Rapid evolution rescues hosts from competition and disease but-despite a dilution effect-increases the density of infected hosts

scientific article published in December 2017

Rapid evolution, seasonality, and the termination of parasite epidemics

scientific article published in June 2009

Resources, key traits and the size of fungal epidemics in Daphnia populations

scientific article published on 21 March 2015

Salinization decreases population densities of the freshwater crustacean, Daphnia dentifera

Selective Predation and Productivity Jointly Drive Complex Behavior in Host‐Parasite Systems

scientific article published in 2005

Selective predation and rapid evolution can jointly dampen effects of virulent parasites on Daphnia populations

scientific article published in April 2008

Selective predation, parasitism, and trophic cascades in a bluegill–Daphnia–parasite system

scientific article published on 12 May 2007

Shedding light on environmentally transmitted parasites: lighter conditions within lakes restrict epidemic size

scientific article published on 27 August 2020

Small But Fierce: Planktonic Predator‐Prey‐Parasite Interactions

scientific article published in 2023

Solar radiation decreases parasitism in Daphnia

scientific article

Spatial heterogeneity of daphniid parasitism within lakes

article

Staying alive: The post-consumption fate of parasite spores and its implications for disease dynamics

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Stoichiometric relationships in vernal pond plankton communities

Storage length and temperature influence infectivity and spore yield of two common Daphnia parasites

Students as ecologists: Strategies for successful mentorship of undergraduate researchers

scientific article published on 26 March 2019

Temperature Drives Epidemics in a Zooplankton-Fungus Disease System: A Trait-Driven Approach Points to Transmission via Host Foraging.

scientific article

Temporal, spatial, and between-host comparisons of patterns of parasitism in lake zooplankton

scientific article published in November 2010

Testing the ecological relevance of Daphnia species designations

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The Context-Dependent Effects of Host Competence, Competition, and Pathogen Transmission Mode on Disease Prevalence

scientific article published in August 2021

The ecology and phylogeny of oomycete infections in Asplanchna rotifers

scholarly article by SARA H. THOMAS et al published 30 September 2010 in Freshwater Biology

The visual ecology of selective predation: Are unhealthy hosts less stealthy hosts?

scientific article published in 2021

Toxins or medicines? Phytoplankton diets mediate host and parasite fitness in a freshwater system

scholarly article by Kristel F Sánchez et al published 16 January 2019 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Trait-mediated indirect effects, predators, and disease: test of a size-based model

scientific article published on 8 May 2013

Transgenerational plasticity in a zooplankton in response to elevated temperature and parasitism

scientific article published in 2023

Unhealthy herds and the predator–spreader: Understanding when predation increases disease incidence and prevalence

scientific article published in 2023

Unhealthy herds: indirect effects of predators enhance two drivers of disease spread

scientific article published in 2011

Variation in Resource Acquisition and Use among Host Clones Creates Key Epidemiological Trade‐Offs

scientific article published on 01 November 2010

Variation in costs of parasite resistance among natural host populations.

scientific article published on October 2013

Warmer does not have to mean sicker: temperature and predators can jointly drive timing of epidemics

scientific article published in July 2006

Why Are Daphnia in Some Lakes Sicker? Disease Ecology, Habitat Structure, and the Plankton

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Within-Host Priority Effects Systematically Alter Pathogen Coexistence

scientific article published on 18 December 2018

Within-host priority effects and epidemic timing determine outbreak severity in co-infected populations

scientific article published on 04 March 2020