Infestation dynamics between parasitic Antarctic fish leeches (Piscicolidae) and their crocodile icefish hosts (Channichthyidae)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Parker, Elyse, Jones, Christopher, Arana, Patricio M., Alegría, Nicolás A., Sarralde-Vizuete, R. (Roberto), Gallardo, Francisco, Phillips, A.J., Williams, B.W., Dornburg, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; Leech; South Orkney Islands; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Icefish
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/15431; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02670-x

An understanding of host-parasite interactions represents an important, but often overlooked, axis for predicting how marine biodiversity may be impacted by continued environmental change over the next century. For host and parasite communities in the Southern Ocean, investigations of many major gro...