John Shea, BS, PhD, assistant professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently had an article published in the Journal of Parasitology.
“New Definitive Host Record for Chordodes morgani(Nematomorpha) in Nebraska with Notes on Ecology,” is about the life cycle and ecology of the horsehair worm Chordodes morgani (Nematomorpha) in Nebraska remain unknown. To identify its definitive host, Shea and colleagues installed a series of pitfall traps along three first-order streams at four sites: Elk Creek, Upper Elk Creek, Maple Creek and West Oak Creek, all located northwest of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Read more about the recent publication.
