Myxozoan Evolution, Ecology and Development /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Okamura, Beth. (Editor), Gruhl, Alexander. (Editor), Bartholomew, Jerri L. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • An introduction to myxozoan evolution, ecology and development
  • Myxozoan affinities and route to endoparasitism
  • Cnidarian origins of the Myxozoa
  • Adaptive radiation and evolution within the Myxozoa
  • Classification and phylogenetics of Myxozoa
  • Approaches for characterizing myxozoan species
  • Myxozoans exploiting homeotherms
  • Cellular processes in myxozoans
  • Tissue characteristics and development in Myxozoa
  • Myxozoan life cycles: practical approaches and insights
  • Ecology and evolution of malacosporean-bryozoan interactions
  • Annelid-myxosporean interactions
  • Transmission of myxozoans to vertebrate hosts
  • Fish immune responses to Myxozoa
  • Host and environmental influences on development of disease
  • Specificity of infection sites in vertebrate hosts
  • Comparative epidemiology of myxozoan diseases
  • Myxozoans on the move: dispersal modes, exotic species and emerging diseases
  • Modeling the Effects of Climate Change on Disease Severity: A Case Study of Ceratonova (syn Ceratomyxa) shasta in the Klamath River
  • Risk assessments and approaches for evaluating myxozoan disease impacts
  • Mitigating myxozoan disease impacts on wild fish populations.