Parasite responses to pollution: what we know and where we go in 'Environmental Parasitology'

B Sures, M Nachev, C Selbach, DJ Marcogliese - Parasites & vectors, 2017 - Springer
Environmental parasitology deals with the interactions between parasites and pollutants in
the environment. Their sensitivity to pollutants and environmental disturbances makes many …

Biomonitoring of heavy metal pollution using acanthocephalans parasite in ecosystem: an updated overview

ESE Mehana, AF Khafaga, SS Elblehi, ME Abd El-Hack… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The environment receives different sources of pollutants, resulting from
human industrial pollution as well as activities. This review updates and focuses the light on …

Can parasites really reveal environmental impact?

VM Vidal-Martinez, D Pech, B Sures, ST Purucker… - Trends in …, 2010 - cell.com
This review assesses the usefulness of parasites as bioindicators of environmental impact.
Relevant studies published in the past decade were compiled; factorial meta-analysis …

Seabirds as indicators of aquatic ecosystem conditions: a case for gathering multiple proxies of seabird health

ML Mallory, SA Robinson, CE Hebert… - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2010 - Elsevier
The use of seabirds as sentinels of the condition of aquatic ecosystems has been well-
established. Large environmental perturbations to aquatic food webs (eg, chemical …

Host–parasite interactions in polluted environments

B Sures - Journal of fish Biology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, there has been an increasing number of papers showing how parasitism
and pollution can interact with each other in aquatic organisms. In addition to synergistic …

Environmental parasitology: Parasites as accumulation bioindicators in the marine environment

M Nachev, B Sures - Journal of Sea Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Parasites can be used as effective monitoring tools in environmental impact studies as they
are able to accumulate certain pollutants (eg metals) at levels much higher than those of …

Benefits of parasitism in polluted environments: a review and perspectives

A Goutte, N Molbert - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The frequency and strength of biotic interactions are thought to be shaped by environmental
conditions. In this study, we reviewed and discussed the potential effects of toxic chemicals …

Parasites as bioindicators of environmental degradation in Latin America: a meta-analysis

VM Vidal-Martínez, AC Wunderlich - Journal of Helminthology, 2017 - cambridge.org
Unregulated economic growth in Latin America has resulted in environmental degradation,
including the release of toxic compounds into the environment. One strategy to understand …

Pollutant exposure and effects in sharks and their relatives

J Gelsleichter, CJ Walker - Sharks and their relatives II, 2010 - taylorfrancis.com
Due to their relative longevity, moderate to large size, slow metabolism, lipid-rich livers, and
high trophic position, many cartilaginous fish are capable of accumulating significant …

Parasites and pollution: the effectiveness of tiny organisms in assessing the quality of aquatic ecosystems, with a focus on Africa

BM Gilbert, A Avenant-Oldewage - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2017 - Springer
The aquatic environment represents the final repository for many human-generated
pollutants associated with anthropogenic activities. The quality of natural freshwater systems …