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News records of phoresy and hyperphoresy among treefrogs, ostracods, and ciliates in bromeliad of Atlantic forest

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The bromeliad habitat contributes to a high biodiversity and we recorded three treefrog species as new phoretic agents of ostracods, and a first case of hyperphoresy among treefrogs, ostracods and ciliates, in these habitats of Atlantic Forest. Densities of ciliates and ostracods showed significant relationships suggesting the importance of hyperphoresy for ciliate dispersion.

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Acknowledgments

We thank the SMAC––Rio de Janeiro (Process No. 14/000.631/2008) and INEA (Autorization No. 021/2008) for permits to research at conservation areas. LTS benefited from fellowship from Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ–n. E-26/100.860/2010). CFDR (Processes No. 304791/2010-5 and 470265/2010-8) received research grants from the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico––CNPq and from Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) through the “Programa Cientistas do Nosso Estado” (Process E-26/102.404.2009). We thank F. Bottona and P. Goyanes for field assistantship, J. Higuti and K. Martens for helped with Ostracoda identification, and T.P. Moulton for English review.

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  1. Departamento de Ecologia, Laboratório de Ecologia de Vertebrados, Universidade do Estado Rio de Janeiro, Rua São Francisco Xavier 524, Rio de Janeiro, 20550-013, Brazil

    Leandro T. Sabagh & Carlos F. D. Rocha

  2. Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Museu Nacional, Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 20940-040, Brazil

    Roberto Júnio P. Dias

  3. Departamento de Zoologia, Núcleo de Estudos Limnológicos, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Pasteur 458, Rio de Janeiro, 22290-240, Brazil

    Christina W. C. Branco

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Sabagh, L.T., Dias, R.J.P., Branco, C.W.C. et al. News records of phoresy and hyperphoresy among treefrogs, ostracods, and ciliates in bromeliad of Atlantic forest. Biodivers Conserv 20, 1837–1841 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-011-0050-z

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