Patterns of diversity and distribution of aquatic invertebrates and their parasites

Title
Patterns of diversity and distribution of aquatic invertebrates and their parasites
Publication Date
2015
Author(s)
Leung, Tommy
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4628-3176
Email: tleung6@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:tleung6
Maro, Camilo
Rohde, Klaus
Editor
Editor(s): Serge Morand, Boris R Krasnov, D Timothy J Littlewood
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Place of publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Edition
1
DOI
10.1017/cbo9781139794749.006
UNE publication id
une:19430
Abstract
The majority of animals on this planet are invertebrates, and a great number of them are found in aquatic habitats including freshwater, brackish or marine environments. It is likely that they also harbour a significant fraction of all parasite biodiversity. While there have been some sporadic research efforts directed at investigating the parasite fauna of aquatic invertebrates over many decades, what we know about their diversity, ecology and distribution is still relatively limited and based largely on host parasite systems which are limited both in terms of their taxonomic diversity, habitat and geographic regions (see Kinne, 1980-1985 and Rohde, 2005 for overviews). One reason why less research effort has been directed towards investigating parasites of invertebrates compared with those of mammals, birds or fish is that with the exception of some mollusc and crustacean species, the majority of aquatic invertebrates are of little commercial value and there have been few incentives for researchers to investigate their parasites or other potential disease agents.
Link
Citation
Parasite Diversity and Diversification: Evolutionary Ecology Meets Phylogenetics, p. 39-57
ISBN
9781107037656
Start page
39
End page
57

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