“These results highlight a striking shift in the ecological health of the Indian River Lagoon,” McCoy said. “The ...

While an abundance of parasites might seem like a bad thing, their absence actually signals trouble in the environment.

Parasites are crucial indicators of ecosystem health, and their absence can signal trouble. Once pristine, Florida's Indian River Lagoon (IRL) now faces pollution and algal blooms that have damaged ...

They were infected with parasites such as flukes, isopods, nematodes, trematodes and tapeworms. No long-term parasite data exists for the lagoon, so researchers compared their findings with global ...

For many years he has been collecting for his own use records of the hyperparasites and other enemies of trematodes and cestodes, and also of both parasitic and non-parasitic nematodes.

These creatures include four major types of parasitic worms: roundworms (nematodes), thorny-headed worms (acanthocephalans), flukes (trematodes) and tapeworms (cestodes). These animals have a ...