Vector of the Month: #Gnathia #Africana (#African #fish #gnat), a temporary #ectoparasitic #isopod & the vector transmitting #apicomplexan parasite #Haemogregarina #bigemina among #fish hosts in #SouthAfrica, written by Kerry Hadfield, Anja Erasmus & Nico Smit.
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🚨 Thrilled and honoured to lead the chapter on using #eDNA for studying aquatic #parasites - a part of just-published book on #openaccess Aquatic Parasitology led by @berndsures.bsky.social & @nicojsmit.bsky.social with top parasitologists contributing!
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To see how we are doing in protecting or advocating for those small creatures that carry our precious ecosystems on their "shoulders"...
Check out our chapter on Aquatic Parasite Conservation:
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Conserving Parasites? Is that even a thing? Indeed it is!! Read all about why and how in this #OpenAccess chapter on Aquatic Parasitology Conservation lead by Marliese Truter from the North-West University's Water Research Group. @berndsures.bsky.social
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This is incredible! Our book has only been online for a week — and it’s already been downloaded 22,000 times! We’re thrilled to see such an amazing response from the community.
Feel free to share it widely for free download! #ScienceForEveryone @nicojsmit.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social
When studying the complexity of ecosystems on land or in water one can not (and should not) ignore the interplay between parasites, hosts and ecosystems. In this excellent illustrated chapter, lead Clarise Louvard, the authors explain these complexities in detail. @berndsures.bsky.social
What a roler coaster ride since our Aquatic Parasitology book was published on Friday! And to top it all, today during the last day Nico Smit is visiting me we recieved the unbelievable news that within 3 days our book has been downloaded 10 000 times!! @unidue.bsky.social @nicojsmit.bsky.social
One month since our book has been published and it already recieved 50,000 downloads from 115 countries!! A truly global reader interest, including a large number of developing countries where it is accessible due to OpenAccess! Get your copy link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Studying or teaching Biology & Life Cycles of Parasitic Arthropoda? Then this #OpenAccess chapter in the newly @springernature.com book on Aquatic Parasitology edited by @nicojsmit.bsky.social & @berndsures.bsky.social is for you! link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
A unique open access collection on ecological and environmental parasitology in marine and freshwater. Covers climate change and parasite conservation.
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Global biodiversity has been in decline for several decades, marked by species extinctions and population losses that have cascading negative impacts on ecosystems. Despite the growing list of describ...
Global biodiversity has been in decline for several decades, marked by species extinctions and population losses that have cascading negative impacts on ecosystems. Despite the growing list of describ...
This chapter delves into the multifaceted roles of aquatic parasites within natural ecosystems. It highlights both the negative and positive impacts these parasites can have on individual hosts, host ...
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A unique open access collection on ecological and environmental parasitology in marine and freshwater. Covers climate change and parasite conservation.
Parasitic arthropods, particularly crustaceans, play significant roles in aquatic ecosystems, utilising various hosts for their life cycles. This chapter delves into the biology and life cycles of sel...
Everything you always wanted to know about parasites and stable isotopes in one book chapter:
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From the new #openaccess book on Aquatic Parasitology, edited by @nicojsmit.bsky.social & @berndsures.bsky.social
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