The lakes, once pristine, became breeding grounds for slimy, eel-like parasites as long as your arm. Imagine being a commercial fisherman, heading out to make a living, and finding your nets empty ...

Key to Parasites of Freshwater Fish of the U.S.S.R. Compiled by I. E. Bykhovskaya-Pavlovskaya et al. Translated from the Russian. Pp. viii + 919. (Jerusalem : Israel Program for Scientific ...

Metazoan parasites, including various types of worms and flatworms, are common in freshwater fish species and can significantly impact fish health and aquaculture. Recent research has focused on ...

Freshwater snails carry different types of parasites, which lead to different diseases, and one of the most dangerous is ...

A parasite (Pleistophora mulleri) roughly the size of a human blood cell can alter the behavior of freshwater shrimp (Gammarus duebeni celticus), making adults twice as likely to consume young members ...

But these secretive creatures, and their parasites, hold lots of clues for ... live in lots of different waterways, including freshwater streams, ponds, estuaries and along the coast.

Freshwater Science 33: 941-949. PDF Paull, S. H. and P. T. J. Johnson (2014). Experimental warming drives a seasonal shift in the timing of host-parasite dynamics with consequences for disease risk.

North America had the highest diversity and density of freshwater mussels on Earth. Discover how the button industry contributed to their decline, leaving these vital species critically endangered ...

Live Freshwater Parasite, Salmincola californiensis (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae), on the Gills of an Ocean-Migrating Steelhead Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Discussion on the Origin and Survival ...

We are especially interested in the mechanisms and consequences of dispersal for invertebrates with poor locomotory powers (freshwater bryozoans and their parasites) and use fieldwork and molecular ...

Of the freshwater species under threat, 54 per cent are threatened by pollution, 39 per cent by dams and water extraction, 37 per cent by agriculture and other land use changes, and 28 per cent by ...