Prevalence, impact and molecular characterisation of parasites in harbour porpoises and harbour seals

• Main Author: Lehnert, Kristina
• Other Authors: Siebert, Ursula, Hartl, Günther
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: ddc:590; thesis; Harbour porpoise; harbour seal; parasitology; Metastrongyloidea; life cycle; pathology; Schweinswal; Seehund; Parasitologie; Metastromgyloidea; Lebenszyklus; Pathologie; Porpoise Harbour; Phoca vitulina; Phocoena phocoena; seehund
• Online Access: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:8-diss-35211; https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/diss_mods_00003521; https://macau.uni-kiel.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/dissertation_derivate_00002708/Diss_Lehnert2.pdf

Parasitism is ubiquitous in wildlife, but little is known about the dynamics of parasitic infections and associated diseases in marine mammals. This thesis aimed to characterise the parasite fauna of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) and harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) to assess the impact on the...