Impact of anthropogenous environmental factors on the marine ecosystem of trophically transmitted helminths and hosting seabirds: Focus on North Atlantic, North Sea, Baltic and the Arctic seas

Alongside natural factors, human activities have a major impact on the marine environment and thus influence processes in vulnerable ecosystems. The major purpose of this review is to summarise the current understanding as to how manmade factors influence the marine biocenosis of helminths, their in...

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Published in:Helminthologia
Main Author: Schwantes U.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2023
Subjects:
helminths
seabirds
fisheries
aquaculture
climate change
seawater acidification
microplastic
organic pollutants
trace elements
Microbiology
QR1-502
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Climate change
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2023-0034
https://doaj.org/article/6b74807eabc940bc8702acd9cc1848f0
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Summary:Alongside natural factors, human activities have a major impact on the marine environment and thus influence processes in vulnerable ecosystems. The major purpose of this review is to summarise the current understanding as to how manmade factors influence the marine biocenosis of helminths, their intermediate hosts as well as seabirds as their final hosts. Moreover, it highlights current knowledge gaps regarding this ecosystem, which should be closed in order to gain a more complete understanding of these interactions. This work is primarily focused on helminths parasitizing seabirds of the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean.

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