• Environmental parasitology: stressor effects on aquatic parasites 

      Sures, Bernd; Nachev, Milen; Schwelm, Jessica; Grabner, Daniel; Selbach, Christian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-04-14)
      Anthropogenic stressors are causing fundamental changes in aquatic habitats and to the organisms inhabiting these ecosystems. Yet, we are still far from understanding the diverse responses of parasites and their hosts to these environmental stressors and predicting how these stressors will affect host–parasite communities. Here, we provide an overview of the impacts of major stressors affecting ...
    • Temperature does not influence functional response of amphipods consuming different trematode prey 

      Born-Torrijos, Ana; Paterson, Rachel; van Beest, Gabrielle; Schwelm, Jessica; Vyhlídalová, Tereza; Henriksen, Eirik Haugstvedt; Knudsen, Rune; Kristoffersen, Roar; Amundsen, Per-Arne; Soldánová, Miroslava (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-26)
      Direct consumption on free-living cercariae stages of trematodes by non-host organisms interferes with trematode transmission and leads to reduced infections in the next suitable hosts. Consumer functional responses provide a useful tool to examine relationships between consumption rates and ecologically relevant prey densities, whilst also accounting for abiotic factors that likely influence ...