The wait is over!! Our Open Access @springernature.com book on Aquatic Parasitology was just published! 23 Chapters, 202 illustrations & 662pp with everything you ever wanted to know about the amazing world of marine & freshwater parasites. @berndsures.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
We investigated two species of bithyniid snails, Gabbia kiusiuensis and Parafossarulus manchouricus japonicus, in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, between 2021 and 2024, to evaluate their infections with cerc...
Another paper was out in International Journal for Parasitology!
We systematically reviewed the relationships between fish body condition and parasite infections, very common approach for elucidating negative impacts of parasites on host health
Is it stressful to be surrounded by infected individuals, even if you're not infected yourself? Might this even increase mortality (if others could have performed work but now won't)? Sounds plausible, but we don't have evidence from very many systems. Here's one! academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
My first paper about microbiome in trematodes was out in Microbial Ecology!
Our new paper was out in Trends in Parasitology!
Endoparasite communities of New Zealand Penguins differ over time and among species
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
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A unique open access collection on ecological and environmental parasitology in marine and freshwater. Covers climate change and parasite conservation.
Abstract. Parasites pose significant challenges not only to individual hosts but also to entire social groups. We investigated the effects of parasitism by
Parasites can provide valuable insights into the ecology and health of their hosts and the state of the surrounding ecosystem. In this study, we describe the helminth parasite communities infecting pe...
Testing for Consistency in Co-occurrence Patterns Among Bacterial Taxa Across the Microbiomes of Four Different Trematode Parasites
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
Elucidating the specific processes and drivers of community assembly in the host microbiome is essential to fully understand host biology. Toward this goal, an important first step is to describe co-o...
Colorful parasites: an overlooked frontier in animal coloration research
Zoology Department, University of Otago
The diverse coloration of animals has fascinated researchers over the past centuries. A growing body of evidence has documented the many functions of animal coloration, ranging from mate attraction to predator avoidance. Yet, the adaptive functions of parasite coloration have been largely neglected in this context, despite the fact that many parasites across diverse taxonomic groups exhibit colorful body patterns. In this opinion article, we discuss the potential adaptive functions of color in parasites. We first summarize some potential functions of parasite coloration based on an intensive review of the existing literature. We then propose several possible ecological, evolutionary, and biogeographical hypotheses regarding patterns in parasite coloration and outline future directions for this intriguing study frontier.
