This report reviews diseases of 1546 elasmobranchs representing at least 60 species
submitted to Northwest ZooPath from 1994 to 2010. Cownose rays (Rhinoptera …

Aquaculture is the fastest-growing segment of food production and is expected to supply a
growing portion of animal protein for consumption by humans. Because industrial …

Animals can perceive tourists as predators and will incur fitness costs should their predator-
avoidance behaviours result in forgone resource acquisition. Not all wildlife, however, treat …

Different parasitic life strategies are described including four new life cycles: complex
rebrooding, micro-male, mesoparasite and prey-predator transfer. Four new life cycle …

Digeneans (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Digenea)(Plates 14-1-14.25)—sometimes referred
to as flukes, trematodes, digenes, or digenetic trematodes-comprise the vast majority of …

Limited information is available regarding habitat use and host species of the
haematophagous feeding stage of the anadromous sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus …

The dalatiid genus Isistius Gill (1864) has three valid species currently recognized in the
literature: Isistius brasiliensis Quoy & Gaimard (1824), I. plutodus Garrick & Springer (1964) …

The classification of crustaceans parasitic on fishes is proposed below (based on Martin and
Davis, 2001), Only the higher taxa accommodating parasitic species are shown. Subphylum …

ABSTRACT A full account of the world's species is important for understanding how natural
systems are structured, how they function and how they will respond to natural and …

The body of an elasmobranch offers a diversity of sites that can be, and often are, occupied
by other animals. Indeed, essentially no organ system of elasmobranchs has escaped the …