The concept of ecosystem health is derived from analogies with human health, which
subsequently leads to the implication that the ecosystem has organismal properties …

Effective management of our natural resources requires an understanding of ecosystem
structure and function; effectively, an ecosystem-based approach to management. Parasites …

Simple Summary The environment receives different sources of pollutants, resulting from
human industrial pollution as well as activities. This review updates and focuses the light on …

Parasites can interact with environmental pollution in different ways. On the one hand,
parasites can interfere with established bioindication procedures owing to their effects on …

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 …

Intestinal helminths of fish are of increasing interest as potential bioindicators for heavy
metal contamination in aquatic habitats. Among these parasites cestodes and …

Current aquatic farming practices and the species that are grown worldwide are
extraordinarily varied and reflect the diversity of habitats, ecological niches and biological …

Concentrations of As, Al, Ag, Ba, Bi, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ga, Mg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb, Sn, Sr, Tl, V
and Zn were analyzed by inductively coupled mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) in the intestinal …

Studies on biomonitoring the aquatic environment using host-parasite dynamics as bio-
indicators of effects and accumulators of heavy metals insults are still scarce, particularly in …

Parasites can be used as effective monitoring tools in environmental impact studies as they
are able to accumulate certain pollutants (eg metals) at levels much higher than those of …