ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2018
Parasite avoidance behaviours in aquatic environments.
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- Fishing Innate Immune System Properties through the Transcriptomic Single-Cell Data ofBiology · 2023Review
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- Assessments of epidemic spread in aquaculture: comparing different scenarios of infectious bacteria incursion through spatiotemporal hybrid modeling.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- Chromosome-level genome and high nitrogen stress response of the widespread and ecologically important wetland plantFrontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Evolution and Ecology of Parasite Avoidance.Annual review of ecology, evolution, and systematics · 2022Article
- Prevalence of Parasitic Infections with Zoonotic Potential in Tilapia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Strategies for managing marine disease.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2022Article
- Ranavirus infection-induced avoidance behaviour in wood frog juveniles: do amphibians socially distance?Biology letters · 2022Article
- A local interplay between diffusion and intraflagellar transport distributes TRPV-channel OCR-2 along C. elegans chemosensory cilia.Communications biology · 2022Article
- Grouping behaviour impacts on the parasitic pressure and squamation of sharks.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Mussel memory: can bivalves learn to fear parasites?Royal Society open science · 2022Article
- Investigation of Cyprinid Herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3) Disease Periods and Factors Influencing CyHV-3 Transmission in A Low Stocking Density Infection Trial.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
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Abstract
Parasites, including macroparasites, protists, fungi, bacteria and viruses, can impose a heavy burden upon host animals. However, hosts are not without defences. One aspect of host defence, behavioural avoidance, has been studied in the terrestrial realm for over 50 years, but was first reported from the aquatic environment approximately 20 years ago. Evidence has mounted on the importance of parasite avoidance behaviours and it is increasingly apparent that there are core similarities in the function and benefit of this defence mechanism between terrestrial and aquatic systems. However, there are also stark differences driven by the unique biotic and abiotic characteristics of terrestrial and aquatic (marine and freshwater) environments. Here, we review avoidance behaviours in a comparative framework and highlight the characteristics of each environment that drive differences in the suite of mechanisms and cues that animals use to avoid parasites. We then explore trade-offs, potential negative effects of avoidance behaviour and the influence of human activities on avoidance behaviours. We conclude that avoidance behaviours are understudied in aquatic environments but can have significant implications for disease ecology and epidemiology, especially considering the accelerating emergence and re-emergence of parasites.This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue 'Evolution of pathogen and parasite avoidance behaviours'.
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