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Ricardo Massato Takemoto

Ricardo Massato Takemoto

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
31
Citations
4619
World Ranking
2236
National Ranking
89

Overview

Ricardo Massato Takemoto is affiliated with the State University of Maringa in Brazil. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science with a focus on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Parasitology, Aquatic Science, and Small Animals. The predominant themes of their work include Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Fish Biology, Ecology, and Behavior, Bird Parasitology and Diseases, Helminth Infection and Control, as well as Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota.

The scientist has contributed to multiple research papers published in various venues. Some recent publications include:

  • Acanthocephalans parasites of two Characiformes fishes as bioindicators of cadmium contamination in two neotropical rivers in Brazil (2020) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Checklist of parasites in fish from the upper Paraná River floodplain: An update (2020) in Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária/Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology
  • Phylogenetic position of Diplostomum spp. from New World herons based on complete mitogenomes, rDNA operons, and DNA barcodes, including a new species with partially elucidated life cycle (2020) in Parasitology Research
  • Ectoparasites are more vulnerable to host extinction than co-occurring endoparasites: evidence from metazoan parasites of freshwater and marine fishes (2020) in Hydrobiologia
  • Host age predicts parasite occurrence, richness, and nested infracommunities in a pilot whale-helminth network (2020) in Parasitology Research

Ricardo Massato Takemoto frequently publishes in several academic venues, including:

  • Parasitology Research
  • Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária/Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology
  • Journal of Helminthology
  • Hydrobiologia
  • PubMed

The scientist has collaborated consistently with several coauthors in their research endeavors. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Atsler Luana Lehun
  • João Otávio Santos Silva
  • Lucena Rocha Virgílio
  • Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo
  • Wagner Toshio Hasuike

Best Publications

  • Métodos de estudo e técnicas laboratoriais em parasitologia de peixes

    Jorge da Costa Eiras;Ricardo Massato Takemoto;Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli

  • Doenças de peixes: profilaxia, diagnóstico e tratamento

    Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli;Jorge da Costa Eiras;Ricardo Massato Takemoto

  • Diversity of parasites of fish from the Upper Paraná River floodplain, Brazil

    R M Takemoto;G C Pavanelli;M A P Lizama;A C F Lacerda

  • Diversity, specificity and speciation in larval Diplostomidae (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) in the eyes of freshwater fish, as revealed by \DNA\ barcodes

    Sean A. Locke;Sean A. Locke;Fatima S. Al-Nasiri;Monica Caffara;Fabiana Drago

  • Checklist of Crustacea parasitizing fishes from Brazil

    José L. Luque;Fabiano M. Vieira;Ricardo M. Takemoto;Gilberto C. Pavanelli

  • Comparative analysis of the communities of metazoan parasites of Orthopristis ruber and Haemulon steindachneri (Osteichthyes: Haemulidae) from the southeastern Brazilian littoral: I. structure and influence of the size and sex of hosts.

    J.L. Luque;J.F.R. Amato;R.M. Takemoto;Jfr Amato

  • Diplostomum (Austrodiplostomum) compactum (Lutz, 1928) (Platyhelminthes, Digenea) metacercariae in fish from the floodplain of the Upper Paraná River, Brazil.

    P.M. Machado;R.M. Takemoto;G.C. Pavanelli

  • Structure and diversity of endoparasitic infracommunities and the trophic level of Pseudoplatystoma corruscans and Schizodon borelli (Osteichthyes) of the high Paraná river

    Marion Haruko Machado;Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli;Ricardo Massato Takemoto

  • Endoparasite infracommunities of Hemisorubim platyrhynchos (Valenciennes, 1840) (Pisces: Pimelodidae) of the Baía River, upper Paraná River floodplain, Brazil: specific composition and ecological aspects

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  • Relative condition factor and parasitism in anostomid fishes from the floodplain of the Upper Paraná River, Brazil

    Gislaine Guidelli;Washington Luiz Gomes Tavechio;Ricardo Massato Takemoto;Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli

  • Ecological aspects of endohelminths parasitizing Cichla monoculus Spix, 1831 (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in the Paraná River near Porto Rico, State of Paraná, Brazil.

    P. M. Machado;S. C. de Almeida;G. C. Pavanelli;R. M. Takemoto

  • Helminths of freshwater fishes in the reservoir of the Hydroelectric Power Station of Itaipu, Paraná, Brazil

    Anna Kohn;Frantisek Moravec;Simone C. Cohen;Carla Canzi

  • Patterns of interactions of a large fish-parasite network in a tropical floodplain.

    Dilermando P. Lima;Henrique C. Giacomini;Ricardo M. Takemoto;Angelo A. Agostinho

  • Comparative analysis of the metazoan parasite communities of leatherjackets, Oligoplites palometa, O. saurus, and O. saliens (Osteichthyes:Carangidae) from Sepetiba Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    R M Takemoto;J F Amato;J L Luque

  • Influence of host sex and age on infracommunities of metazoan parasites of Prochilodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1836) (Prochilodontidae) of the upper Paraná River floodplain, Brazil.

    M. De Los A. P. Lizama;R. M. Takemoto;G. C. Pavanelli

  • Host population density as the major determinant of endoparasite species richness in floodplain fishes of the upper Paraná River, Brazil.

    R.M. Takemoto;G.C. Pavanelli;M.A.P. Lizama;J.L. Luque

  • A host-endoparasite network of Neotropical marine fish: are there organizational patterns?

    Sybelle Bellay;Dilermando P. Lima;Ricardo M. Takemoto;José L. Luque

  • Developmental Stage of Parasites Influences the Structure of Fish-Parasite Networks

    Sybelle Bellay;Edson Fontes de Oliveira;Mário Almeida-Neto;Dilermando Pereira Lima Junior

  • Helminthes and protozoan of farmed pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) in eastern Amazon and host-parasite relationship

    R G B Marinho;R G B Marinho;M Tavares-Dias;M K R Dias-Grigório;M K R Dias-Grigório;L R Neves

  • An Overview of Fish-borne Nematodiases among Returned Travelers for Recent 25 Years- Unexpected Diseases Sometimes Far Away from the Origin.

    Jorge Costa Eiras;Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli;Ricardo Massato Takemoto;Yukifumi Nawa

  • Morphology and molecular characterization of Demidospermus spirophallus n. sp., D. prolixus n. sp. (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) and a redescription of D. anus in siluriform catfish from Brazil

    L. Franceschini;A.C. Zago;M.I. Müller;C.J. Francisco

  • Ectoparasites and endoparasites of fish form networks with different structures.

    S. Bellay;E. F. De Oliveira;M. Almeida-Neto;M. A. R. Mello

  • Henneguya corruscans n. sp. (Myxozoa, Myxosporea, Myxobolidae), a parasite of Pseudoplatystoma corruscans (Osteichthyes, Pimelodidae) from the Paraná River, Brazil: a morphological and morphometric study.

    J.C. Eiras;R.M. Takemoto;G.C. Pavanelli

  • The patterns of organisation and structure of interactions in a fish-parasite network of a neotropical river

    Sybelle Bellay;Edson F. de Oliveira;Mário Almeida-Neto;Vanessa D. Abdallah

  • Host–parasite interaction between branchiurans (Crustacea: Argulidae) and piranhas (Osteichthyes: Serrasalminae) in the Pantanal wetland of Brazil

    Lucélia Nobre Carvalho;Kleber Del-Claro;Ricardo Massato Takemoto

  • Aspects of the ecology of proteocephalid cestodes parasites of Sorubim lima (Pimelodidae) of the upper Paraná River, Brazil: I. Structure and influence of host's size and sex

    R M Takemoto;G C Pavanelli

  • Helminthes and protozoan of farmed pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) in eastern Amazon and host-parasite relationship (Helmintos e protozoários de pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) cultivado na Amazônia oriental, e relação hospedeiro-parasito)

    R. G. B. Marinho;L. R. Neves;E. T. O. Yoshioka;C. L. Boijink

Frequent Co-Authors

José L. Luque
José L. Luque Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
Jorge C. Eiras
Jorge C. Eiras University of Porto
Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo
Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo Universidade de São Paulo
Edson A. Adriano
Edson A. Adriano Federal University of Sao Paulo
Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule
Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule Federal University of Paraná
Flávio Ruas de Moraes
Flávio Ruas de Moraes Sao Paulo State University
Marcos Tavares-Dias
Marcos Tavares-Dias Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Tomáš Scholz
Tomáš Scholz Czech Academy of Sciences
Maurício Laterça Martins
Maurício Laterça Martins Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Yukifumi Nawa
Yukifumi Nawa Khon Kaen University

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