Over the past decades, various free-living animals (hosts) and their parasites have invaded
recipient areas in which they had not previously occurred, thus gaining the status of aliens or …

A consensual set of definitions regarding bioinvasions is essential in order to facilitate
discourse among the science, policy and management communities dealing with the issue …

Infection with the swim-bladder parasite Anguillicola crassus is suggested as one of the
principal causes of the collapse of the European eel population. This nematode has been …

Probably half of all animal species exhibit a parasitic lifestyle and numerous parasites have
recently expanded their distribution and host ranges due to anthropogenic activities. Here …

The swimbladder nematode Anguillicola crassus originates from Asia where it is a parasite
of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica. After its introduction to Europe about 25 years ago …

A comprehensive literature review on prevalence and distribution of parasites of the
European eel (Anguilla anguilla) in European waters was conducted to set a baseline for …

European eels Anguilla anguilla from freshwater lakes in Lithuania had slower growth rates
and lower backcalculated total lengths (LT) than those from lagoons and coastal waters, but …

European eel Anguilla anguilla (L.) populations have declined dramatically during the last
decades and are now among the most critically endangered fish populations in Europe. The …

An extensive survey of macroparasites in 320 European eel Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus,
1758) was conducted in two brackish lagoons and eleven freshwater localities in the …

The eel population in Neusiedler See has been maintained by regular massive stocking
since 1958. After the establishment of the National Park Neusiedler See-Seewinkel in 1993 …