Overview

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.  

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Author:   Beth Okamura ,  Alexander Gruhl ,  Jerri L. Bartholomew
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Weight:   9.526kg
ISBN:  

9783319350172

ISBN 10:   331935017
Pages:   441
Publication Date:   07 October 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Contents   1 An introduction to myxozoan evolution, ecology and development Beth Okamura, Alexander Gruhl, Jerri L. Bartholomew     Part I: Origins, Evolutionary Trends and Diversification   2 Myxozoan affinities and route to endoparasitism Beth Okamura and Alexander Gruhl   3 Cnidarian origins of the Myxozoa Beth Okamura, Alexander Gruhl and Abigail J. Reft   4 Adaptive radiation and evolution within the Myxozoa Ivan Fiala, Pavla Bartošová-Sojková, Beth Okamura, Hanna Hartikainen   5 Classification and phylogenetics of Myxozoa Ivan Fiala, Pavla Bartošová-Sojková, Christopher M. Whipps   6 Approaches for characterizing myxozoan species Stephen D. Atkinson, Pavla Bartošová-Sojková, Christopher M. Whipps, Jerri L. Bartholomew   7 Myxozoans exploiting homeotherms Sascha L. Hallett, Stephen D. Atkinson, Jerri L. Bartholomew, Csaba Székely     Part II: Development and Life Cycles   8 Cellular processes in myxozoans Stephen W. Feist, David J. Morris, Gema Alama-Bermejo and Astrid S. Holzer   9 Tissue characteristics and development in Myxozoa Alexander Gruhl and Beth Okamura   10 Myxozoan life cycles: practical approaches and insightsEdit Eszterbauer, Stephen Atkinson, Arik Diamant, David Morris, Mansour El-Matbouli, Hanna Hartikainen     Part III: Host-Parasite Interactions   11 Ecology and evolution of malacosporean-bryozoan interactions Hanna Hartikainen and Beth Okamura   12 Annelid-myxosporean interactions Julie D. Alexander, Billie L Kerans, Mansour El-Matbouli, Sascha L. Hallett and Lori Stevens   13 Transmission of myxozoans to vertebrate hosts Dennis M. Kallert, Daniel S. Grabner, Hiroshi Yokoyama, Mansour El-Matbouli, Edit Eszterbauer   14 Fish immune responses to Myxozoa Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla, Heike Schmidt-Posthaus, Thomas Wahli, Jason W. Holland, Chris J. Secombes   15 Host and environmental influences on development of disease Heike Schmidt-Posthaus, Thomas Wahli   16 Specificity of infection sites in vertebrate hosts Kálmán Molnár and Edit Eszterbauer     Part IV: Disease Ecology   17 Comparative epidemiology of myxozoan diseases Inês Fontes, Sascha L. Hallett, and Tor Atle Mo   18 Myxozoans on the move: dispersal modes, exotic species and emerging diseases Sascha L. Hallett, Ashlie Hartigan and Stephen D. Atkinson   19 Modeling the effects of climate change on disease severity: A case study of Ceratonova (syn Ceratomyxa) shasta in the Klamath River R. Adam Ray, Julie D. Alexander, Patrick De Leenheer and Jerri L. Bartholomew   20 Risk assessments and approaches for evaluating myxozoan disease impacts Jerri L. Bartholomew and Billie Kerans   21 Mitigating myxozoan disease impacts on wild fish populations Simon R.M. Jones, Jerri L. Bartholomew, Jin Yong Zhang

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