Environmental Parasitology: Interactions between parasites and pollutants in the aquatic environment.
In: Parasite : Journal de la Société Française de Parasitologie, Vol. 15 (2008), No. 3, pp. 434 - 438
Title in English:
Environmental Parasitology: Interactions between parasites and pollutants in the aquatic environment.
Author:
Sures, BerndUDE
- GND
- 173045731
- LSF ID
- 47226
- ORCID
- 0000-0001-6865-6186
- Other
- connected with university
Year of publication:
2008
Language of text:
English
Abstract:
In recent years there has been an increasing number of papers showing how parasitism and pollution can interact with each other in aquatic organisms. Among the variety of investigated aspects especially the combined effects of pollution and simultaneous infection on the health of aquatic hosts (molluscs, crustaceans, fish, mammals) is of considerable interest. Effects of pollution on the occurrence and distribution of parasites is another interesting field of "Environmental Parasitology" attracting increasing attention. This mini-review presents some promising examples of interdisciplinary studies paying attention to the fact that under natural conditions no organism will only be affected by either parasites or pollution.