Eco-Evolution Of Host-Parasite Interactions

尽管寄生虫体型很小，并不引人注意，但它可以极大地影响个体的生理和行为，对健康和包括水产养殖业在内的工业产生深远的影响。随着气候变化影响许多寄生虫的生长、生存和毒力，这些影响越来越难以预测和管理。这位加拿大第二层寄主-寄生虫相互作用生态进化研究教席旨在以鱼类为模型系统，了解环境和社会条件的变化对个人如何获得、管理和恢复寄生虫感染的影响。这一方法涉及自然鱼类种群和水产养殖中的数学模型、实地工作和实验室实验的组合。

Despite being small and inconspicuous, parasites can dramatically affect individual physiology and behaviour with profound consequences for health and industry including aquaculture. These effects are increasingly difficult to predict and manage as changing climates affect the growth, survivorship and virulence of many parasites. This Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in the Eco-Evolution of Host-Parasite Interactions aims to understand the effects of changing environmental and social conditions on how individuals acquire, manage and recover from parasite infection using fishes as model systems. This approach involves a combination of mathematical modelling, fieldwork and laboratory experiments in natural fish populations and in aquaculture.