Main description:

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.

Contents:

Introduction (Definitions)Heinz Mehlhorn, NNNN
1. Antarctic biodiversity of aquatic parasitesDavid J Marcogliese (david.marcogliese@ec.gc.ca)
2. Antarctic DigeneaRod Bray (r.bray@nhm.ac.uk)
3. Antarctic MonogeneaD C Kritsky (kritdela@isu.edu) W A Boeger (wboeger@gmail.de)
4. Antactic Cestoda and NematodaAnna Rocka (arocka@twarda.pan.pl)Zdzislaw Laskowski (laskowz@twarda.pan.pl)
5. Antarctic anisakid NematodaSven Klimpel, Thomas Kuhn, Julian Munster, NNNN
6. Antarctic AcanthocephalaKrzysztof Zdzitowiecki (kzdzit@twarda.pan.pl)Zdzislaw Laskowski (laskowz@twarda.pan.pl)
7. Antarctic parasitic CrustaceaJu-Shey Ho (jsho@csulb.edu)Oder: Jason D. Williams (biojdw@hofstra.edu)
8. Antarctic lice of sealsHeinz Mehlhorn (mehlhorn@uni-duesseldorf.de)
9. Antarctic leechesAleksander Bielecki (alekb@uwm.edu.pl) Magdalena Rokicka (magrok@biotech.ug.gda.pl)
10. Parasite communities of PenguinsJulia I Diaz (jidiaz@cepave.edu.ar) Andres Barbosa (barbosa@mncn.csic.es)
11. Parasite communities of mammalsRosemary A McFarlane (romcfarlane@bushlink.net.au) Oder:Simonetta Mattiucci (simonetta.mattiucci@uniroma1.it) Giuseppe Nascetti (nascetti@unitus.it)
12. Parasite communities of fish Simonetta Mattiucci (simonetta.mattiucci@uniroma1.it)Giuseppe Nascetti (nascetti@unitus.it)Oder: Mario George-Nascimento (mgeorgen@ucsc.cl)
13. History of Antarctic parasitological researchKen MacKenzie (k.mackenzie@abdn.ac.uk) William Hemmingsen (willy.hemmingsen@uit.no)