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Francisco Javier Aznar

Francisco Javier Aznar

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Animal Science and Veterinary

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29
Citations
2926
World Ranking
2594
National Ranking
141

Overview

Francisco Javier Aznar is a researcher affiliated with the University of Valencia in Spain, specializing in Environmental Science with a focus on marine ecosystems. Their scholarly work primarily explores ecological interactions, parasite biology, and host relationships within marine environments.

Their research interests extend into several subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Oceanography

Main topics in their body of work cover areas such as:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Cephalopods and Marine Biology
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Parasitic infections in humans and animals
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Francisco Javier Aznar has contributed numerous research articles, with significant publications released between 2020 and 2022. Some recent papers include:

  • "Recent increase of ulcerative lesions caused by Anisakis spp. in cetaceans from the north-east Atlantic" (2020) in Journal of Helminthology
  • "Epibiotic Fauna on Cetaceans Worldwide: A Systematic Review of Records and Indicator Potential" (2022) in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) aggressive behavior towards other cetacean species in the western Mediterranean" (2021) in Scientific Reports
  • "Determinants of lungworm specificity in five cetacean species in the western Mediterranean" (2021) in Parasites & Vectors
  • "Emergence of the epibiotic barnacle Xenobalanus globicipitis in Guiana dolphins after a morbillivirus outbreak in Sepetiba Bay, Brazil" (2021) in Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Juan Antonio Raga
  • Rachel Pool
  • Sofía Ten
  • Natalia Fraija-Fernández
  • Mercedes Fernández

Francisco's work has been published repeatedly in key venues such as:

  • Marine Mammal Science
  • Journal of Helminthology
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • Parasites & Vectors

Best Publications

  • Feeding ecology of the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta in the western Mediterranean

    J. Tomas;F. J. Aznar;J. A. Raga

  • Dolphin morbillivirus epizootic resurgence, Mediterranean Sea.

    Juan-Antonio Raga;Ashley Banyard;Mariano Domingo;Mandy Corteyn

  • Epidemiological pattern of tattoo skin disease: a potential general health indicator for cetaceans.

    Marie-Françoise Van Bressem;Koen Van Waerebeek;Francisco Javier Aznar;Juan Antonio Raga

  • Phylogenetic relationship among genera of Polymorphidae (Acanthocephala), inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences.

    Martín García-Varela;Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León;Francisco J. Aznar;Steven A. Nadler

  • STATUS OF CORYNOSOMA (ACANTHOCEPHALA: POLYMORPHIDAE) BASED ON ANATOMICAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND PHYLOGENETIC EVIDENCE, WITH THE ERECTION OF PSEUDOCORYNOSOMA N. GEN

    F. Javier Aznar;Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León;Juan A. Raga

  • Insight into the role of cetaceans in the life cycle of the tetraphyllideans (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda).

    F.J. Aznar;C. Agustí;D.T.J. Littlewood;J.A. Raga

  • Helminth communities of Pontoporia blainvillei (Cetacea: Pontoporiidae) in Argentinian waters

    F. J. Aznar;J. A. Balbuena;J. A. Raga

  • Two decades of monitoring in marine debris ingestion in loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, from the western Mediterranean

    F. Domènech;F.J. Aznar;J.A. Raga;J. Tomás

  • Helminths as biological tags for franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei) (Cetacea, Pontoporiidae) in Argentinian and Uruguayan waters

    F.J. Aznar;J.A. Raga;J. Corcuera;F. Monzón

  • Helminth communities of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) from Central and Western Mediterranean Sea: the importance of host's ontogeny.

    Mario Santoro;Francisco J. Badillo;Simonetta Mattiucci;Giuseppe Nascetti

  • Independent host switching events by digenean parasites of cetaceans inferred from ribosomal DNA.

    Natalia Fraija-Fernández;Peter D. Olson;Enrique A. Crespo;Juan A. Raga

  • Systematic position of Pseudocorynosoma and Andracantha (Acanthocephala, Polymorphidae) based on nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences.

    Martín García-Varela;Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León;Francisco J. Aznar;Steven A. Nadler

  • Changes in epizoic crustacean infestations during cetacean die-offs: the mass mortality of Mediterranean striped dolphins Stenella coeruleoalba revisited.

    F. J. Aznar;D. Perdiguero;A. Pérez del Olmo;A. Repullés

  • Morphological and molecular characterization of tetraphyllidean merocercoids (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) of striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) from the Western Mediterranean.

    C. Agustí;F. J. Aznar;P. D. Olson;D. T. J. Littlewood

  • An annotated list of the Acanthocephala from Argentina

    Jesús S. Hernández-Orts;Roman Kuchta;Liliana Semenas;Enrique Alberto Crespo

  • ERECTION OF IBIRHYNCHUS GEN. NOV. (ACANTHOCEPHALA: POLYMORPHIDAE), BASED ON MOLECULAR AND MORPHOLOGICAL DATA

    Martín García-Varela;Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León;Francisco J. Aznar;Steven A. Nadler

  • Nyctiphanes couchii as intermediate host for the acanthocephalan Bolbosoma balaenae in temperate waters of the NE Atlantic.

    María Gregori;F. J. Aznar;Elvira Abollo;Álvaro Roura

  • Helminth community structure in birds of prey (Accipitriformes and Falconiformes) in southern Italy.

    Mario Santoro;John M. Kinsella;Giorgio Galiero;Barbara degli Uberti

  • GASTROINTESTINAL HELMINTHS OF LOGGERHEAD TURTLES (CARETTA CARETTA) FROM THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN: CONSTRAINTS ON COMMUNITY STRUCTURE

    Aznar Fj;Badillo Fj;Raga Ja

  • Molecular phylogeny of the families Campulidae and Nasitrematidae (Trematoda) based on mtDNA sequence comparison

    M Fernández;F.J Aznar;A Latorre;J.a Raga

  • Intestinal helminth fauna of the South American sea lion Otaria flavescens and fur seal Arctocephalus australis from northern Patagonia, Argentina.

    J S Hernández-Orts;F E Montero;A Juan-García;N A García

  • A NEW CYSTIDICOLID NEMATODE FROM MULLUS SURMULETUS (PERCIFORMES: MULLIDAE) FROM THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN

    Eugenia Ferrer;Francisco Javier Aznar;Juan Antonio Balbuena;Aneta Kostadinova

  • Corynosoma cetaceum in the stomach of franciscanas, Pontoporia blainvillei (Cetacea): an exceptional case of habitat selection by an acanthocephalan.

    F. J. Aznar;A. O. Bush;A. O. Bush;J. A. Balbuena;J. A. Raga

  • Recruitment, population structure, and habitat selection of Corynosoma australe (Acanthocephala) in South American fur seals, Arctocephalus australis, from Uruguay

    F J Aznar;H L Cappozzo;D Taddeo;F E Montero

  • From mammals back to birds: Host-switch of the acanthocephalan Corynosoma australe from pinnipeds to the Magellanic penguin Spheniscus magellanicus.

    Jesús Servando Hernández-Orts;Martha Brandão;Simona Georgieva;Juan Antonio Raga

  • Parasites as indicators of social structure and stock identity of marine mammals

    J.A. Balbuena;F.J. Aznar;M. Fernández;J.A. Raga

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan Antonio Raga
Juan Antonio Raga University of Valencia
Jesús Tomás
Jesús Tomás University of Valencia
Martín García-Varela
Martín García-Varela National Autonomous University of Mexico
Simonetta Mattiucci
Simonetta Mattiucci Sapienza University of Rome
Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León
Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León National Autonomous University of Mexico
Robin M. Overstreet
Robin M. Overstreet University of Southern Mississippi
Giuseppe Nascetti
Giuseppe Nascetti Tuscia University
Steven A. Nadler
Steven A. Nadler University of California, Davis
Ursula Siebert
Ursula Siebert University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Vincenzo Veneziano
Vincenzo Veneziano University of Naples Federico II

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