This book provides an up-to-date review of the biology of myxozoans, which represent a divergent clade of endoparasitic cnidarians. Myxozoans are of fundamental interest in understanding how early diverging metazoans have adopted parasitic lifestyles, and are also of considerable economic and ecological concern as endoparasites of fish. Synthesizing recent research, the chapters explore issues such as myxozoan origins; evolutionary trends and diversification; development and life cycles; interactions with hosts; immunology; disease ecology; the impacts of climate change on disease; risk assessment; emerging diseases; and disease mitigation. This comprehensive work will appeal to a wide readership, from invertebrate zoologists, evolutionary biologists and developmental biologists to ecologists and parasitologists. It will also be of great practical interest to fisheries and conservation biologists. The identification of key areas for future research will appeal to scientists at all levels.
Produktkennzeichnungen
Herausgeber
Jerri L. Bartholomew, Alexander Gruhl, Beth OKAMURA
ISBN-10
3319147528
ISBN-13
9783319147529
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208166494
Produkt Hauptmerkmale
Sprache
Englisch
Anzahl der Seiten
Xiii Seiten
Verlag
Springer-Verlag Gmbh, Springer International Publishing
Publikationsname
Myxozoan Evolution, Ecology And Development
Autor
Jerri L. Bartholomew, Alexander Gruhl, Beth Okamura