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- English
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Marine Parasitology
About this book
This comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date work provides the definitive overview of marine parasites worldwide. It is an invaluable reference for students and researchers in parasitology and marine biology and will also be of interest to ecologists, aquaculturists and invertebrate biologists.
Initial chapters review the diversity and basic biology of the different groups of marine parasites, discussing their morphology, life cycles, infection mechanisms and effects on hosts. The ecology and importance of marine parasites are discussed in the second part of the book, where contributions investigate behavioural and ecological aspects of parasitism and discuss the evolution and zoogeography of marine parasites. In addition, the economic, environmental and medical significance of these organisms is outlined, particularly their importance in aquaculture and their effects on marine mammals and birds.
Written by an international team of contributors, the emphasis is on a thorough grounding in marine parasitology combined with reviews of novel concepts and cutting-edge research.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: The nature of parasitism
- Chapter 2: Protistan parasites and Myxozoa
- Chapter 3: Helminth parasites
- Chapter 4: Crustacean parasites
- Chapter 5: Minor groups and fossils
- Chapter 6: Behavioural aspects of parasitism
- Chapter 7: Ecology
- Chapter 8: Coevolution and speciation
- Chapter 9: Zoogeography
- Chapter 10: Economic and environmental importance
- Chapter 11: Medical importance
- References
- Index