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The effects of novel leaf litter deposition on competitive, predator–prey and host–parasite interactions of American toad larvae
Wetland plant communities are changing rapidly due to a wide range of human activities. The deposition of leaf litter from novel plant communities...
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Biology of the Lymnaeidae–Parasite Interaction
Herein, general aspects of the relationship between lymnaeid snails and their parasites are reviewed from a mechanistic point of view. It includes an...
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Freshening rather than warming drives trematode transmission from periwinkles to mussels
In the Western Baltic Sea, climate change is happening at much faster rate than in most other seas and organisms are additionally exposed to a steep...
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High live coral cover and incidence of a pink-spotted coral phenotype on remote reefs off Clipperton Island, Tropical Eastern Pacific
Clipperton, an uninhabited and remote coral atoll from the Eastern Pacific, is an important step**stone area that harbors a high marine...
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Parasites and their freshwater snail hosts maintain their nutritional value for essential fatty acids despite altered algal diets
Despite their ubiquity and considerable biomass, the roles played by parasites in aquatic food webs are still not well understood, especially those...
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Testing the Enemy Release Hypothesis in the Invasive Fish Amatitlania nigrofasciata (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in Mexico
AbstractThe enemy release hypothesis (ERH) posits that invasive species are released from their natural enemies in their invasive range, which...
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How predator and parasite size interact to determine consumption of infectious stages
Parasites are important players in ecological communities that can shape community structure and influence ecosystem energy flow. Yet beyond their...
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Trematodes from Antarctic teleost fishes off Argentine Islands, West Antarctica: molecular and morphological data
In 2014–2015 and 2019–2021, teleost fishes off Galindez Island (Antarctic Peninsula) were examined for trematodes. Combined morphological and...
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Invasive snails, parasite spillback, and potential parasite spillover drive parasitic diseases of Hippopotamus amphibius in artificial lakes of Zimbabwe
BackgroundHumans impose a significant pressure on large herbivore populations, such as hippopotami, through hunting, poaching, and habitat...
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Black-spot syndrome in Caribbean fishes linked to trematode parasite infection (Scaphanocephalus expansus)
Despite the evidence that diseases have increased in marine taxa, parasites remain underrepresented in studies of marine ecology. Recently,...
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Gastrointestinal parasites in red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa) hunted in Spain: a warning to game managers
Red-legged partridge ( Alectoris rufa ) populations are currently declining in the Iberian Peninsula, mainly due to habitat degradation and hunting...
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Macroparasite Burden of Obligate and Facultative Symbionts in Symbiotic Communities of Scleractinian Corals
AbstractA variety of symbionts inhabit colonies of scleractinian corals, the main component of coral reef ecosystems. Obligate symbionts spend almost...
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Overview of Interactions Between Parasitic Digenea and Their Molluscan Hosts, with Special Emphasis on the Lymnaeidae
Digeneans (Platyhelminthes, Trematoda) are considered as a very ancient and as the most diversified group of internal metazoan parasites of animals....
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What is the diversity and pattern of network interactions parasite-host in amphibians (Anura) from Caatinga domain? – A meta-analysis
The first records in the literature compiled on the parasitic fauna of amphibians in Northeastern Brazil date back to the 1990s. Since then, several...
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Helminth Fauna of Mouse-Like Rodents in the City of Moscow
Abstract —Urban environmental conditions significantly influence the ecology of animals, including helminth communities. The response of the helminth...
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The Ponto-Caspian parasite Plagioporus cf. skrjabini reaches the River Rhine system in Central Europe: higher infestation in the native than in the introduced Danubian form of the gastropod Theodoxus fluviatilis
The introduction of non-indigenous organisms in new areas in the context of host-parasite interactions is still poorly understood. This study aimed...
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Alternative host identity and lake morphometry drive trematode transmission in brook charr
Both biotic and abiotic factors have been invoked to explain the large variations observed in the prevalence and abundance of parasites in aquatic...
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Host ecology and biogeography drive parasite community composition in Atlantic killifishes
Understanding the mechanisms of parasite community assembly can be confounded by phylogenetic distance among host species. Addressing this requires...
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Urban Bats and their Parasites
Understanding host-parasite relationships in urban environments provides information critical for understanding bat ecology in anthropogenically...
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Loss of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Told and Untold Stories from Parasite World
Parasite fauna represent a valuable component of biological diversity of earth and an integral component of ecosystem. In monitoring any kind of...
