Fish serve as hosts to a range of parasites that are taxonomically diverse and that exhibit a
wide variety of life cycle strategies. Whereas many of these parasites are passed directly …

Birds have many kinds of internal and external parasites, including viruses, bacteria and
fungi, as well as protozoa, helminths and arthropods. Because parasites have negative …

In Remarkable Shrimps, Raymond T. Bauer explores the evolution, natural history,
biological diversity, and commercial importance of caridean shrimps--a fascinating and …

Mutualisms (interspecific cooperative interactions) are ubiquitously exploited by organisms
that obtain the benefits mutualists offer, while delivering no benefits in return. The natural …

The first edition of this book, published by University Press of New England in 1986, sold
over 2500 copies, and was received as the best introductory overview of this broad field …

This comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date work provides the definitive overview of
marine parasites worldwide. It is an invaluable reference for students and researchers in …

One common class of ant‐plant mutualism involves ants that defend plants from natural
enemies in return for food and sometimes shelter. Studies of these interactions have played …

Cleaning symbiosis has been documented extensively in the marine environment over the
past 50 years. We estimate global cleaner diversity comprises 208 fish species from 106 …

Interspecific mutualisms have been playing a central role in the functioning of all ecosystems
since the early history of life. Yet the theory of coevolution of mutualists is virtually …

Examples of symbiotic relationships often include cleaning mutualisms, typically involving
interactions between cleaner fish and other fish, called the clients. While these cleaners can …