Worldwide, marine and coastal ecosystems are heavily invaded by introduced species and
the potential role of parasites in the success and impact of marine invasions has been …

Most individual fish in wild and farmed populations can be infected with parasites. Fish
intestines can harbour protozoans, myxozoans and helminths, which include several …

Anguillid eels are found globally in fresh, transitional and saline waters and have played an
important role in human life for centuries. The population status of several species is now of …

Despite the advances in our understanding of the ecological importance of parasites that we
have made in recent years, we are still far away from having a complete picture of the …

The spawning migration of the European eel is an extensive journey over 5000 to 7000 km
from the European coast to the Sargasso Sea. Eels do not feed during this journey and on …

Historically abundant and widespread, populations of Atlantic eels have suffered a sharp
decline in recent decades, in the ranges 40–80% and 90–99% for American and European …

Abstract The North American red-eared slider Trachemys scripta elegans, which is
nowadays considered among the world's worst invasive species, could constitute a real …

The swimbladder functions as a hydrostatic organ in most bony fishes, including the
European eel, Anguilla anguilla. Infection by the nematode Anguillicoloides crassus impairs …

Anguilla anguilla, A. japonica and A. rostrata are the most fished and consumed eel species.
However, these species are Critically Endangered, Endangered and Endangered …

Despite growing interest in ecological consequences of parasitism in food webs, relatively
little is known about effects of parasites on long‐term population dynamics of non‐host …