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David J. Marcogliese is affiliated with Environment and Climate Change Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Parasitology. The scholar's work addresses various aspects of parasite biology, host interactions, and ecological impacts in aquatic environments.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Helminth infection and control

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations comprise:

  • David K. Cone
  • Xiao Jin
  • Hong Zou
  • Ming Li
  • Guitang Wang

David J. Marcogliese has published in several scientific venues with multiple contributions to the following journals:

  • Parasitology
  • Journal of Parasitology
  • Journal of Helminthology
  • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • Royal Society Open Science

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Major drivers of biodiversity loss and their impacts on helminth parasite populations and communities," 2023, Journal of Helminthology
  • "Effects of multiple stressors on northern leopard frogs in agricultural wetlands," 2021, Parasitology
  • "Myxozoan Communities in Two Cyprinid Fishes from Mesotrophic and Eutrophic Rivers," 2021, Journal of Parasitology

Other relevant works connected to the field but authored by different lead researchers include:

  • "Parasite diversity and ecology in a model species, the guppy ( Poecilia reticulata ) in Trinidad," 2020, Royal Society Open Science
  • "Effects of Herbicides and the Chytrid Fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on the growth, development and survival of Larval American Toads (Anaxyrus americanus)," 2023, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Best Publications

  • Parasites in food webs: the ultimate missing links

    Kevin D. Lafferty;Stefano Allesina;Matias Arim;Cherie J. Briggs

  • Parasites of the superorganism: Are they indicators of ecosystem health?

    David J. Marcogliese

  • Implications of climate change for parasitism of animals in the aquatic environment

    David J Marcogliese

  • Free-living endohelminth stages: at the mercy of environmental conditions

    Michael Pietrock;David J. Marcogliese

  • Food webs: a plea for parasites

    David J. Marcogliese;David K. Cone

  • Parasites: Small Players with Crucial Roles in the Ecological Theater

    D.J. Marcogliese

  • Food webs and the transmission of parasites to marine fish

    D. J. Marcogliese

  • The impact of climate change on the parasites and infectious diseases of aquatic animals.

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  • Parasite responses to pollution: what we know and where we go in ‘Environmental Parasitology’

    Bernd Sures;Bernd Sures;Milen Nachev;Christian Selbach;David J. Marcogliese

  • Combined effects of parasites and contaminants on animal health: parasites do matter.

    David J. Marcogliese;Michael Pietrock

  • When parasites become prey: ecological and epidemiological significance of eating parasites

    Pieter T.J. Johnson;Andrew P. Dobson;Kevin D. Lafferty;David J. Marcogliese

  • Development of primers for the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I gene in digenetic trematodes (Platyhelminthes) illustrates the challenge of barcoding parasitic helminths

    Anna Moszczynska;Sean A. Locke;J. Daniel McLAUGHLIN;David J. Marcogliese

  • Effects of agricultural pesticides on the immune system of Rana pipiens and on its resistance to parasitic infection

    Marie-Soleil Christin;Andrée D. Gendron;Pauline Brousseau;Lucie Ménard

  • DNA barcodes show cryptic diversity and a potential physiological basis for host specificity among Diplostomoidea (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) parasitizing freshwater fishes in the St. Lawrence River, Canada.

    Sean A. Locke;J. Daniel Mclaughlin;David J. Marcogliese

  • Pollution and parasitism in aquatic animals: a meta-analysis of effect size.

    Christopher A. Blanar;Kelly R. Munkittrick;Jeff Houlahan;Deborah L. MacLatchy

  • Effects of agricultural pesticides on the immune system of Xenopus laevis and Rana pipiens.

    M.S. Christin;L. Ménard;A.D. Gendron;S. Ruby

  • Response of the amphibian tadpole (Xenopus laevis) to atrazine during sexual differentiation of the testis

    Luz Tavera-Mendoza;Sylvia Ruby;Pauline Brousseau;Michel Fournier

  • Molecular systematics of some North American species of Diplostomum (Digenea) based on rDNA- sequence data and comparisons with European congeners

    Daniel E Galazzo;Selvadurai Dayanandan;David J Marcogliese;J Daniel McLaughlin

  • New primers for DNA barcoding of digeneans and cestodes (Platyhelminthes).

    Niels Van Steenkiste;Sean A. Locke;Magalie Castelin;David J. Marcogliese

  • Parasite communities as indicators of ecosystem stress.

    Marcogliese Dj;Cone Dk

  • Exposure of leopard frogs to a pesticide mixture affects life history characteristics of the lungworm Rhabdias ranae.

    A. D. Gendron;D. J. Marcogliese;S. Barbeau;M.-S. Christin

  • On the distribution and abundance of eel parasites in Nova Scotia : Influence of pH

    David J. Marcogliese;David K. Cone

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Fournier
Michel Fournier Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Daniel G. Cyr
Daniel G. Cyr University of Quebec
Robert Poulin
Robert Poulin University of Otago
David W. Thieltges
David W. Thieltges Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
François Gagné
François Gagné Environment and Climate Change Canada
Pieter T. J. Johnson
Pieter T. J. Johnson University of Colorado Boulder
Christian Blaise
Christian Blaise Environment and Climate Change Canada
Pierre Magnan
Pierre Magnan Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Marilyn E. Scott
Marilyn E. Scott McGill University
Mark R. Forbes
Mark R. Forbes Carleton University

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