Section Editors

Section Board for 'Aquatic Animals' (62)

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Dr. Kenji Saitoh
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Section Editor-in-Chief
Fisheries Resources Institute Shiogama Branch, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Shiogama 985-0001, Japan
Interests: fisheries; aquaculture; ichthyology; vertebrate biology; genetic analysis of biodiversity; molecular genetics and genomics; molecular phylogeny; cytogenetics; mitochondrial genomics; aquatic ecology; freshwater environment restoration
Dr. Ramón Fontanillas
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Skretting Aquaculture Research Center, 4016 Stavanger, Norway
Interests: aquaculture; aquatic animals
Dr. Gonzalo Martínez-Rodríguez
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Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia (ICMAN) – Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) - Dept. of Marine Biology and Aquaculture, E-11519 Puerto Real, Cadiz, Spain
Interests: fish endocrinology; fish larvae development; gene expression; digestive physiology; fish genomics; fish genetics; fish reproduction; animal welfare; stress
Dr. Catarina Eira
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CESAM & Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: marine ecology; animal ecology; pollution parasitology;fisheries bycatch; marine protected areas; marine mammal Health
Dr. Md Sakhawat Hossain
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Hagerman Fish Culture Experiment Station, Aquaculture Research Institute, University of Idaho, Hagerman, ID 83332, USA
Interests: fish nutrition; aquaculture; dietary supplement; aqua feed development; nucleotide nutrition; functional feed
Dr. Silvia Torrecillas
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Grupo de Investigación en Acuicultura (GIA), IU-ECOAQUA, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Crta. Taliarte s/n, Telde, 35214 Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
Interests: fish nutrition; fish health; nutritional immunology; welfare; mucosal health; functional additives; alternative ingredients; sustainable aquaculture
Prof. Dr. Dariusz Kucharczyk
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Department of Lake and River Fisheries, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
Interests: aquatic animals reproduction; aquaculture; fishery
Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Parrino
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Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical, and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, 98168 Messina, Italy
Interests: flow cytometry; bivalve immunology; blood parameters; hemocytes; insecticides toxicology
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Prof. Dr. Pedro M.L. Rodrigues
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CCMAR—Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
Interests: proteomics; fish welfare; protein biomarkers; fish nutrition; fish allergies
Dr. Tyrone Lucon-Xiccato
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Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Interests: animal behaviour; animal cognition; teleost fish; individual differences
Dr. Rafael Ginés
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Grupo de Investigación en Acuicultura (GIA), Instituto Universitario ECOAQUA, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Crta. Taliarte s/n, 35214 Telde, Spain
Interests: fish quality; fish nutrition; sensory evaluation; consumer behaviour
Dr. Clara F. Rodrigues
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Biology Department, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: ecology of chemosynthetic habitats; microbial symbiosis; deep-sea ecology; microbial ecology; biodiversity; macrofauna
Dr. Benjamín Costas
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Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), University of Porto, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal
Interests: nutritional immunology; functional feeds; amino acids; sustainable aquaculture; animal welfare
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Prof. Dr. Ike Olivotto
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Department of sea science, University Polytechnic of Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60100 Ancona, Italy
Interests: alternative protein sources; fish reproduction; fish physiology; insect meal; fish nutrition
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Dr. Giulia Andreani
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Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, via Tolara di sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy
Interests: metallomics; trace elements; proteomics; urine; unconventional animals
Dr. Juhani Pirhonen
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Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
Interests: food intake of fish in aquaculture; anaesthesia in fish; smolting; compensatory growth; stable isotopes as a tool for nutritional research in cultivated fishes
Prof. Dr. Ravi Fotedar
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School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
Interests: aquaculture; aquatic animal husbandry; fish immunology; fish nutrition; post-harvest of aquatic animals; water quality
Dr. Guiomar E. Rotllant
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Renewable Marine Resources, Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM–CSIC), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37–49, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: decapod crustaceans biology; physiology; reproduction; improve crustacean aquaculture; fisheries management
Prof. Dr. Ana Tomás-Vidal
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Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural, Instituto Universitario de Ciencia y Tecnología Animal, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Interests: fish meal; fish oil; nutrition; fatty acids; aminoacids; digestibility; octopus; sea bream; sea bass; rainbow trout
Dr. Pedro Miguel Guerreiro
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Prof. Dr. Rosaria Laurà
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Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy
Interests: electron microscopy; immunohistochemistry; zebrafish; sensory organs; metabolic desorders
Dr. Evaristo L. Mañanós
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Institute of Aquaculture of Torre de la Sal, CSIC, Castellón, Spain
Interests: aquaculture; fish reproduction; reproductive endocrinology of fish; gonad development; spawning induction; environment and fish reproduction
Dr. Víctor Gallego
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Aquaculture and Biodiversity Group, Institute of Animal Science and Technology (ICTA), Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
Interests: aquaculture; cryobiology; gamete quality; reproductive biology; sperm motility; biodiversity; marine biology; freshwater biology
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Dr. Amal Kumar Biswas
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Aquaculture Research Institute, Kindai University, Higashiosaka, Japan
Interests: reproductive biology; fish metabolism; nutritional physiology; aquaculture; fish nutrition
Dr. David Sánchez Peñaranda
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Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
Interests: animal and fish reproduction; aquaculture nutrition; embryo and gamete quality
Dr. Boglione Clara
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Laboratorio di Ecologia Sperimentale ed Acquacoltura, Dipartimento di Biologia, "Tor Vergata" University, Rome, Italy
Interests: fish biology; fish ontogenesis; anomalous development
Dr. Øivind Bergh
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Department of Oceanography and Climate, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
Interests: disease transmission in aquatic environments; health of aquatic animals; aquaculture-environment interactions; marine spatial planning
Dr. Monica Caffara
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Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum Universita di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Interests: morphological and molecular studies on trematoda of the family clinostomidae; fishborne zoonotic parasites with particular reference to the molecular identifications; cryptosporidiosis and microsporidiosis in farmed fish
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Dr. Yannis Kotzamanis
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Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hersonissos, 71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Interests: fish nutrition; fish diets; fish requirements; alternative ingredients; amino acids; fatty acids; vitamins; minerals
Dr. Michele Deflorio
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Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Casamassima km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Italy
Interests: reproduction; spawning induction; broodstock management; antioxidant; shelf-life
Dr. Silvia Martínez-Llorens
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Research Group of Aquaculture and Biodiversity, Institute of Animal Science and Technology, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera 14, 46071 València, Spain
Interests: aquaculture nutrition; fishmeal substitution and new ingredients for fish diets; intestinal fish health; shrimp nutrition and production; fillet fish quality; recirculation in aquaculture system
Dr. Francesco Fazio
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Department of Veterinary Science, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Interests: aquatic physiology; blood parameters fish; blood biomarkers and pollution in fish; athletic horse and blood parameters
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Dr. Zoltan M. Varga
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Zebrafish International Resource Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
Interests: egg; sperm; fertilization; embryology; genetics; zebrafish (Danio rerio); fish; biomedical research; cryopreservation; cryobanking; (aquatic) animal husbandry; animal welfare in research
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Prof. Dr. Maria José Caballero
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Division of Veterinary Histology and Pathology, Institute for Animal Health and Food Safety (IUSA), Veterinary School, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35413 Arucas, Spain
Interests: veterinary pathology; fish pathology; histopathology; gross pathology; anatomy and histology; immuno-histochemistry; electron microscope; confocal microscope; biochemical analysis; gene exp
Prof. Dr. Manuel Yúfera
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Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ICMAN-CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 11519 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
Interests: fish; aquaculture; feeding physiology; gastrointestinal functionality; larval fish ontogeny
Dr. Daniela Bertotto
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Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science (BCA), University of Padova, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Padova, Italy
Interests: fish reproduction and gamete quality in aquaculture; fish and animal welfare in rearing and natural systems; stress indicators
Dr. Maria Elena Miletto Petrazzini

School of Biological and Chemical Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
Interests: brain lateralization; animal behaviour; comparative cognition; fish
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Dr. Francisco A. Guardiola
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Immunobiology for Aquaculture Group, Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Interests: fish and Shellfish immunology; cell culture; innate and mucosal immunity; cell and molecular biology; inflammation; host/pathogens interactions; aquaculture
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Dr. Alessia Giannetto
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Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno d’Alcontres, 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
Interests: insect meal; food waste bioconversion by insects; alternative nutritional sources; fish nutrition; fish welfare; aquaculture; environmental toxicology; oxidative stress; cell and molecular biology
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Prof. Dr. António Paulo Carvalho
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Department of Biology - Faculty of Sciences / Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Interests: fish nutrition and feeding; fish physiology; larval fish rearing; aquaculture; aquatic ecotoxicology
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Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Radaelli
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Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Italy
Interests: fish welfare; fish skeletal muscle; fish neuroendocrine system; immunohistochemistry; western blot; in situ hybridization
Dr. Abdul Shakoor Chaudhry
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School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Interests: sustainable feeds & food quality; non invasive methods; climate change; ruminants, poultry & fish; water pollution & aquatic life; global collaboration & training
Prof. Dr. Valentina Meucci
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Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Viale delle Piagge 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Interests: analytical methods; mycotoxins; animal; shellfish; fish; veterinary drugs; environmental toxicology
Dr. Kriton Grigorakis
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Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology & Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Agios 9 Kosmas Hellinikon, 16777 Athens, Greece
Interests: aquaculture; food science; agricultural philosophy
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Dr. Jorge Galindo-Villegas
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Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, 8049 Bodø, Norway
Interests: immunology; innate and mucosal immunity; genomics; cell and molecular biology; biotechnology; nutrition; aquaculture; host-microbe interactions; zebrafish
Dr. Elena Chaves-Pozo
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Oceanographic Center of Murcia, Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO, CSIC), Carretera de la Azohía s/n, 30860 Puerto de Mazarrón, Spain
Interests: immune-reproductive responses; marine fish; viral transmission through the gonad; endocrine disruption; antimicrobial peptide response
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Dr. Radosław Kowalski
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Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Olsztyn, Poland
Interests: aquatic species gamete preservation; aquatic animal reproduction; gametes quality in aquatic species
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Prof. Dr. Robert L. Wallace
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Department of Biology, Ripon College, 300 Seward Street, PO Box 248, Ripon, WI 54971, USA
Interests: phylum Rotifera; freshwater zooplankton; limnology; invertebrate zoology; ecology; aquatic systems of aridlands; carnivorous plants
Prof. Dr. Jorge Barros-Velázquez
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Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science, School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain
Interests: animal foods; seafood microbiology; lactic acid bacteria; probiotics; species authentication; fish quality and safety; biopreservation; protective cultures
Prof. Dr. Ian Mayer
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Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, N-0033 Oslo, Norway
Interests: fish reproductive physiology/endocrinology; aquaculture; fish welfare; aquatic toxicology
Prof. Dr. Francisco J. Moyano
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Department of Biology and Geology, Engineering School, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Interests: nutrition; digestion; digestive enzymes; feed ingredients
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Prof. Dr. Vittorio Maria Moretti
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Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, University of Milan, Via Trentacoste 2, 20134 Milan, Italy
Interests: fish and seafood quality and authenticity; aquaculture; fatty acids; nutrition and feeding; sturgeons
Prof. Dr. Marina Paolucci
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Department of Science and Technology, Università degli Studi del Sannio, 82100 Benevento, Italy
Interests: animal nutrition; feed manufacturing; animal product shelf-life; bioactive molecules; biopolymers
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Prof. Dr. Charles Griffiths
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Marine Biology Research Centre, Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
Interests: marine systematics and biodiversity; marine invasive species; intertidal ecology
Prof. Dr. Christopher Hoagstrom
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Department of Zoology, Weber State University, 2505 University Circle, Ogden, UT 84408, USA
Interests: fish ecology; community ecology; conservation, and biogeography as well as general animal biology (zoology)
Dr. Bahram Sayyaf Dezfuli
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Depatment of Life Sciences & Biotecnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari, 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
Interests: fish helminths; fish parasitic diseases; fish histology and histopatholoy; fish immunology
Dr. Francesco Gai
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Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Institute of Sciences of Food Production, Grugliasco, Italy
Interests: aquaculture; meat; foods of animal origin; feeds; insects
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Dr. George Mihai Nitulescu
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Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Interests: developing and using computational methods in medicinal chemistry; quantitative structure–activity/in silico/ target identification; the prediction of biopharmaceutical properties; predictive toxicology evaluation
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Dr. Kit M. Kovacs
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Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, N-9296 Tromsø, Norway
Interests: marine mammals; Arctic; marine ecosytems; ecology; spatial ecology
Prof. Dr. Konrad Dabrowsk
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School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, 473D Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Rd., Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Interests: fish physiology; particularly nutritional biochemistry of larval stages of freshwater species cyprinids; coregonines; salmonids; esocids; and percids fish nutrition; particularly metabolism and requirement
Dr. Miquel Planas Oliver
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CSIC - Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM), Vigo, Spain
Interests: syngnathidae; fish; rearing; aquaculture; biology; ecology; stable isotopes; food web
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Dr. Paolo Merella
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Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sassari, via Vienna, 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Interests: morphology and systematics of fish parasites; impact and treatment of parasites in farmed fish; fish parasites as tags; fishborne parasitic zoonoses; invasive marine species
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