Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 5354 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 5354 g
Reihe: Parasitology Research Monographs
ISBN: 978-3-319-46342-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
The Southern Oceans including Antarctic regions are peculiar and very sensitive water biotopes, where animal life and species interrelations are only poorly investigated. Especially the influence of parasites on their host species needs intensive consideration in times of global warming and worldwide pollution. Both factors may influence the finely balanced interrelationships between parasites and endangered hosts especially in specialized regions such as Antarctica. Before this background the present book offers a broad spectrum of important parasite-host interrelations in times of ecosystem changes written by experienced and renown international specialists.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Biodiversität
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Taxonomie und Systematik
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierökologie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbellose (Invertebrata)
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Parasitologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction (Mehlhorn, Klimpel).- Antarctic biodiversity of aquatic parasites (Marcogliese).- Antarctic Digenea (Bray).- Antarctic Monogenea (Kritsky, Boeger).- Antactic Cestoda and Nematoda (Rocka, Laskowski).- Antarctic anisakid Nematoda (Klimpel, Kuhn, Münster).- Antarctic Acanthocephala (Zdzitowiecki, Laskowski).- Antarctic parasitic Crustacea (Ho or Williams).- Antarctic lice of seals (Mehlhorn).- Antarctic leeches (Bielecki, Rokicka).- Parasite communities of Penguins (Diaz, Barbosa).- Parasite communities of mammals (McFarlane or Mattiucci, Nascetti).- Parasite communities of fish (Mattiucci, Nascetti or George-Nascimento).- History of Antarctic parasitological research (MacKenzie, Hemmingsen).