Overview
Many different kinds of animals have adopted a parasitic life style on the skin and gills of marine and freshwater fishes, including protozoans, flatworms, leeches, a range of crustaceans and even some vertebrates (lampreys). There is a parasitic barnacle, described first in the 19th century by Charles Darwin, fish lice that change sex and bivalve molluscs parasitic only when young. This book explores for the first time in one volume, the remarkable biology of these little known and frequently bizarre animals. The following closely interwoven themes are considered for each group of parasites: how they find their hosts, how they attach, feed and reproduce, the damage they inflict and how the host’s immune system retaliates. Based on the British fauna, but extending where appropriate to examples from North America, Australia and elsewhere, the book is essential reading, not just for the professional parasitologist, but also for anyone interested in fishes and in this neglected field of British natural history. With the enquiring naturalist in mind, terms and concepts are explained as they arise, backed up by a glossary, and the text is liberally illustrated. An introductory chapter on fish biology sets the scene and common fish names are used throughout, as well as scientific names.
Full Product Details
Author: Graham C. Kearn
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition: 2004 ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 21.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 29.70cm
Weight: 1.790kg
ISBN: 9781402029257
ISBN 10: 140202925
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 28 January 2005
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Leeches, Lice and Lampreys is a well-indexed, up-to-date and comprehensive synthesis of the known biology of fish ectoparasites. It will be an extremely useful reference...I highly recommend it to anyone interested in fish biology or parasitology. (Fish and Fisheries 6(3), 2005) ...the overviews represent a top-class discussion by a leading authority of this research field. This is a work of great scholarship. (Parasitoloy 132, 2006)
Leeches, Lice and Lampreys is a well-indexed, up-to-date and comprehensive synthesis of the known biology of fish ectoparasites. It will be an extremely useful reference...I highly recommend it to anyone interested in fish biology or parasitology. <p>(Fish and Fisheries 6(3), 2005) <br>.,. the overviews represent a top-class discussion by a leading authority of this research field. <br> This is a work of great scholarship. <br>(Parasitoloy 132, 2006)
