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Freshwater chelonians are excellent models for studying parasite-host ecology. Their longevity, site fidelity, and dietary breadth make them valuable sentinel species for aquatic ecosystem health. Here, we identified the gastrointestinal helminth fauna of scorpion mud turtle (\n                    <jats:italic>Kinosternon scorpioides<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) from Maraj\u00f3 Island and evaluated seasonal effects on parasite community dynamics. We observed a 71% reduction in parasite load during the dry season and substantial compositional shifts, in addition to species-specific responses:\n                    <jats:italic>Spiroxys figueiredoi<\/jats:italic>\n                    exclusively during floods and\n                    <jats:italic>Nematophila grandis<\/jats:italic>\n                    peaking during dry periods. Parasite species with flexible transmission pathways may thrive while specialists decline.\n                    <jats:italic>Kinosternon scorpioides<\/jats:italic>\n                    and its parasites function as sentinels, and monitoring helminth community composition could more accurately track ecosystem health than measuring host abundance alone.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0022149x25101132","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,26]],"date-time":"2026-01-26T11:13:57Z","timestamp":1769426037000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Seasonal rainfall drives temporal niche partitioning in the helminth community of scorpion mud turtle (\n                    <i>Kinosternon scorpioides<\/i>\n                    ) from Maraj\u00f3 Island"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"100","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2891-6531","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"D.F.","family":"Conga","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/04encyw73","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustent\u00e1vel Mamirau\u00e1"},{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/02j71c790","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Universidade Federal Rural da Amaz\u00f4nia (UFRA)"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9724-2249","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"J.","family":"Helen Costa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/02j71c790","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Universidade Federal Rural da Amaz\u00f4nia (UFRA)"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3899-291X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"V.","family":"Bejarano Alegre","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/04encyw73","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustent\u00e1vel Mamirau\u00e1"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7656-1109","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"A.","family":"Magalh\u00e3es Bezerra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/02j71c790","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Universidade Federal Rural da Amaz\u00f4nia (UFRA)"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9987-161X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"A.","family":"Maciel de Castro Cardoso Jaques","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/02j71c790","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Universidade Federal Rural da Amaz\u00f4nia (UFRA)"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0022149X25101132_r51","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijpara.2010.04.009"},{"key":"S0022149X25101132_r18","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1590\/1678-4162-9039"},{"key":"S0022149X25101132_r5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/oso\/9780198545996.001.0001"},{"key":"S0022149X25101132_r13","first-page":"415","article-title":"Spatial and seasonal variation of the suspended sediment in the Maraj\u00f3 Bay (Amazon estuary): Contributions from the Par\u00e1 and Tocantins rivers watershed","volume":"88","author":"Costa","year":"2018","journal-title":"Journal of South American Earth Sciences"},{"key":"S0022149X25101132_r56","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1890\/0012-9658(2001)082[0290:FMMTCD]2.0.CO;2"},{"key":"S0022149X25101132_r30","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/joc.4420"},{"key":"S0022149X25101132_r11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/nature03276"},{"key":"S0022149X25101132_r26","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1890\/08-0079.1"},{"key":"S0022149X25101132_r42","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.21704\/rea.v21i1.1870"},{"key":"S0022149X25101132_r34","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1590\/S0044-59672005000200010"},{"key":"S0022149X25101132_r41","first-page":"512","article-title":"Helminth infracommunities of Mauremys leprosa and Mauremys caspica (Chelonia, Geoemydidae) in Spain","volume":"72","author":"Roca","year":"1994","journal-title":"Canadian Journal of Zoology"},{"key":"S0022149X25101132_r27","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1461-0248.2008.01174.x"},{"key":"S0022149X25101132_r8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1139\/z86-022"},{"key":"S0022149X25101132_r1","first-page":"1","article-title":"Dois novos hospedadores de Nematophila grandis (Diesing, 1839) (Trematoda; Paramphistomoidea)","volume":"52","author":"Alho","year":"1964","journal-title":"Boletim do Museu Paraense Em\u00edlio Goeldi. 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