These interactions suggest that parasites are integral components in shaping community- and ecosystem structure. Parasitism and Trophic Interactions Parasites can function as both predators and prey.

Understanding these parasites is crucial for managing aquatic ecosystems and ensuring the sustainability of fish stocks. One of the key studies examined the myxosporean parasite Kudoa thyrsites ...

Although parasites are a natural part of ecosystems, their presence can potentially have serious consequences. But what are parasites? And what impact do these mysterious creatures have on our lakes?

Despite the ubiquity of parasites and pathogens in all ecosystems, our understanding of their significance in mediating predator-prey interactions, primary production, energy flow and nutrient cycling ...

Either way, Gómez and Nichols say, parasites are "critical components of both the patterns and the processes that form natural ecosystems." They are gears in a complex moving machine, and losing ...

Researchers have highlighted a new type of mind-altering parasite that takes over spiders and changes how they act.

Parasites like Cymothoa exigua, on the other hand, play a crucial role in their ecosystems, often regulating host populations and maintaining ecological balance. Our understanding of them has ...

Parasites can cause untold human suffering, like those that cause African River Blindness or Lyme disease, but their presence is also a sign of a health ecosystem. A parasitologist whose lab contains ...

Professor Grencis adds: "The gut and its inhabitants should be considered a complex ecosystem, not only involving bacteria but also parasites, not just sitting together but interacting." The paper ...