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ArticleInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife2020

Arthropod parasites of Antarctic and Subantarctic birds and pinnipeds: A review of host-parasite associations.

Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels, Ricardo L Palma, Sergey V Mironov

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Article in International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ralph Eric Thijl VanstreelsInstitute of Research and Rehabilitation of Marine Animals, Cariacica, Brazil.
Ricardo L PalmaMuseum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand.
Sergey V MironovZoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa · NZZoological Institute · RU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to its cold and dry climate and scarcity of ice-free land, Antarctica has one of the most extreme environments on our planet. To survive in the Antarctic region, parasitic arthropods must either remain closely associated with their hosts throughout the entire life cycle or develop physiological adaptations to survive in the terrestrial habitat while their hosts are away foraging at sea or overwintering at lower latitudes. Forty-eight species of birds and seven species of pinnipeds breed in the Antarctic region, with 158 species/subspecies of parasitic arthropods recorded thus far, comprising: sucking lice (Echinophthiriidae), chewing lice (Menoponidae, Philopteridae), fleas (Ceratophyllidae, Pygiopsyllidae, Rhopalopsyllidae), pentastomes (Reighardiidae), hard ticks (Ixodidae), nest-associated haematophagous mites (Laelapidae), nasal mites (Halarachnidae, Rhinonyssidae) and feather mites (Alloptidae, Avenzoariidae, Xolalgidae, Freyanidae). In this review, we provide an updated compilation of the available information on the host-parasite associations of arthropods infesting birds and pinnipeds in the Antarctic region, and discuss some over-arching ecological patterns and gaps of knowledge.

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PMID33101906
PMCPMC7569742
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