Climate change is profoundly altering aquatic ecosystems worldwide, significantly impacting the ecological balance between parasites and their hosts in marine and freshwater environments. As temperatures rise, precipitation patterns change, and ocean chemistry shifts, the distribution, abundance, and life cycles of parasites can be dramatically affected. These changes pose risks to biodiversity, fisheries, aquaculture, and human health, highlighting the need for a deeper understanding of parasitological dynamics under changing environmental conditions.
The primary goal of this Research Topic is to elucidate how climate change influences the complex interactions between parasites and their hosts in marine and freshwater ecosystems. By focusing specifically on parasitology, we aim to foster research that can predict, monitor, and mitigate the impacts of these environmental changes on aquatic health and biodiversity.
This Research Topic invites contributions that cover a wide range of aspects within marine and freshwater parasitology in the context of climate change. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Distribution and Biodiversity: Studies on how climate change alters the geographical range and diversity of aquatic parasites.
- Host-Parasite Dynamics: Research on the effects of climate-induced stress on host immunity and how it impacts host susceptibility to parasitic infections.
- Lifecycle and Transmission: Investigations into how changes in temperature and other climate variables influence the lifecycle stages and transmission pathways of parasites.
- Emerging Parasitic Diseases: Reports on the emergence and reemergence of parasitic diseases in aquaculture and wild aquatic populations.
- Mitigation Strategies: Development and evaluation of strategies to manage and mitigate the effects of climate change on parasitic infections in aquatic systems.
By bringing together a diverse range of studies, this collection aims to provide comprehensive insights into the current challenges and future strategies for managing parasitological health in our changing world.
Keywords:
Endoparasites, Ectoparasites, Fish, Mammals, Reptiles, climate change
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
Climate change is profoundly altering aquatic ecosystems worldwide, significantly impacting the ecological balance between parasites and their hosts in marine and freshwater environments. As temperatures rise, precipitation patterns change, and ocean chemistry shifts, the distribution, abundance, and life cycles of parasites can be dramatically affected. These changes pose risks to biodiversity, fisheries, aquaculture, and human health, highlighting the need for a deeper understanding of parasitological dynamics under changing environmental conditions.
The primary goal of this Research Topic is to elucidate how climate change influences the complex interactions between parasites and their hosts in marine and freshwater ecosystems. By focusing specifically on parasitology, we aim to foster research that can predict, monitor, and mitigate the impacts of these environmental changes on aquatic health and biodiversity.
This Research Topic invites contributions that cover a wide range of aspects within marine and freshwater parasitology in the context of climate change. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Distribution and Biodiversity: Studies on how climate change alters the geographical range and diversity of aquatic parasites.
- Host-Parasite Dynamics: Research on the effects of climate-induced stress on host immunity and how it impacts host susceptibility to parasitic infections.
- Lifecycle and Transmission: Investigations into how changes in temperature and other climate variables influence the lifecycle stages and transmission pathways of parasites.
- Emerging Parasitic Diseases: Reports on the emergence and reemergence of parasitic diseases in aquaculture and wild aquatic populations.
- Mitigation Strategies: Development and evaluation of strategies to manage and mitigate the effects of climate change on parasitic infections in aquatic systems.
By bringing together a diverse range of studies, this collection aims to provide comprehensive insights into the current challenges and future strategies for managing parasitological health in our changing world.
Keywords:
Endoparasites, Ectoparasites, Fish, Mammals, Reptiles, climate change
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.