Recent Publications: Armand Kuris

Publication
Kuris, A.M. 2003. Did biological control cause extinction of the coconut moth, Levuana iridescens, in Fiji? Biol. Invasions 5: 133-141.
Amundsen, P.-A., R. Knudsen, A.M. Kuris and R. Kristoffersen. 2003. Seasonal and ontogenetic dynamics in trophic transmission of parasites. Oikos 102: 285-293.
McCallum, H.I., Kuris, A., Harvell, C.D., Lafferty, K.D., Smith, G.W. and Porter, J. 2004. Does terrestrial epidemiology apply to marine systems? TREE 19: 585-591.
Thresher, R.E. and Kuris, A.M. 2004. Options for managing invasive marine species. Biol. Invasions 6: 295-300.
Culver, C.A. and Kuris, A.M. 2004. Susceptibility of California gastropods to an introduced South African sabellid polychaete, Terebrasabella heterouncinata. Invert. Biol. 123: 316-323.
Harvell, D., R. Aronson, N Baron, J. Connell, A. Dobson, S. Ellner, L. Gerber, K. Kim, A. Kuris, H. McCallum, K. Lafferty, B. McKay, J. Porter, M. Pascual, G. Smith, K. Sutherland and J. Ward. 2004. The rising tide of ocean diseases: unsolved problems and research priorities. Front. Ecol. Environ. 2: 375-382.
Gurney, R.H., B.F. Nowak, I. Dykova and A.M. Kuris. 2004. Histopathological effects of trypanorhynch metacestodes in the digestive gland of a novel host, Carcinus maenas (Decapoda). Dis. Aquat. Org. 58: 63-69.
Lafferty, K. D. & A. M. Kuris. 2005. Parasitism and environmental disturbances. Pp. 113-123 in: Thomas, F., Guégan, J. F. & Renaud, F. Eds., Parasitism and Ecosystems. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford).
Kuris, A.M. 2005. Trophic transmission of parasites and host behavior modification. Behav. Processes 68: 215-217.
Miura, O., Kuris, A.M., Torchin, M.E., Hechinger, R.E., Dunham, E.J. and Chiba, S. 2005. Molecular genetic analyses reveal cryptic species of trematodes in the intertidal gastropod, Batillaria cumingi (Crosse). Int. Jour. Parasit. 35: 793-801.
Kuris, A.M. and K.D. Lafferty. 2005. Population and community ecology of larval trematodes in snail intermediate hosts. Pp. 321-325 in: Rohde, K. Ed., Marine Parasitology. CSIRO Publ., Collingwood, Australia.
Torchin, M.E. and A.M. Kuris. 2005. Introduced marine parasites. Pp. 358-366 in: Rohde, K. Ed., Marine Parasitology. CSIRO Publ., Collingwood, Australia.
Goddard, J.H.R., M.E. Torchin, A.M. Kuris and K.D. Lafferty. 2005. Host specificity of Sacculina carcini, a potential biological control agent of the introduced European green crab Carcinus maenas in California. Biol. Invasions 7: 895-912.
Kuris, A. M., K.D. Lafferty and M.E. Torchin. 2005. Biological control of the European green crab, Carcinus maenas: natural enemy evaluation and analysis of host specificity. Pp102-115 in: M.S. Hoddle, Ed., 2nd International Symposium on the Biological Control of Arthropods, Vol. I, FHTET-2005-08, USDA Forest Service, Morgantown, WV.
Lafferty, K.D., K.F. Smith, M.E. Torchin, A.P. Dobson and A.M. Kuris. 2005. The role of infectious diseases in natural communities: what introduced species tell us. Pp. 111-134 in: Sax, D.F., Stachowicz, J.J., and Gaines, S.D., eds. Species Invasions: Insights into Ecology, Evolution and Biogeography. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.
Lafferty, K.D., R.F. Hechinger, J.C. Shaw, K. Whitney and A.M. Kuris. 2006. Food webs and parasites in a salt marsh ecosystem. Pp 199-134 in: S. Collinge and C. Ray, Eds. Disease Ecology: Community Structure and Pathogen Dynamics, Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.
Lafferty, K.D., A.P. Dobson and A.M. Kuris. 2006. Parasites dominate food webs. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 103: 11211-11216.
Miura, O., A.M. Kuris, M.E. Torchin, R.F. Hechinger, and S. Chiba. 2006. Parasites alter host phenotype and create a new ecological niche for snails. Proc. Roy. Soc. London, Ser. B. 273: 1323-1328.
Hechinger, R.F., K.D. Lafferty, T.C. Huspeni, A.J. Brooks and A.M. Kuris. 2006. Can parasites be indicators of free living diversity? Relationships between species richness and the abundance of larbal trematodes and of local benthos and fishes. Oecologia (in press).
Miura, O., A.M. Kuris, M.E. Torchin, R.F. Hechinger, and S. Chiba. 2006. Introduced cryptic species of parasites exhibit different invasion pathways. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (in press).

Selected Publications: Armand Kuris