Wild animals are usually infected with parasites that can alter their hosts' trophic niches in
food webs as can be seen from stable isotope analyses of infected versus uninfected …

Abstract The genus Ceratothoa Dana, 1852, is revised for Australian waters. Ceratothoa is
represented in Australia by nine species, including two new species: Ceratothoa barracuda …

Despite that aquatic parasite diversity and abundance likely surpasses that of terrestrial
parasites, our understanding of aquatic parasites lags far behind our knowledge of terrestrial …

Larval dispersal is disproportionately important for marine population ecolgy and evolution,
yet our inability to track individuals severely constrains our understanding of this key …

Cymothoid isopods are a diverse group of ectoparasites of fish species, and are particularly
conspicuous as they are large and attach to the body surface, mouth, and gill chamber of …

The objectives of this study were to:(1) examine patterns of short-and long-term metal
exposure within the otoliths of six offshore fish species in varying states of health, as …

This chapter summarises our understanding of the direct effects that parasitic crustaceans
have on their invertebrate and vertebrate hosts. At the individual host level, the effects of …

The horse mackerels of the genus Trachurus (Pisces: Carangidae) are commercially
important pelagic fish resources worldwide. There have been several studies of the …

The Cymothoidae is recognised as a well-unified family, nested within the polyphyletic
Cymothooidea Leach, 1814 (Fig. 7.1) a taxon of carnivorous, commensal, micropredatory …

Three abundant small pelagic fish species co-occur in the Benguela upwelling ecosystem
off southern Africa: sardine (Sardinops sagax), anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) and round …