Franz Jirsa was appointed another three years as visiting professor at the university of Johannesburg. Focus of the longstanding cooperation with Prof. Annemarie Avenant-Oldewage, department of zoology, is the influence of mining and heavy metals on aquatic ecosystems, including parasite communities.
The photo shows Franz Jirsa at the 4th International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife in Kruger National Park, together with PhD student Andreas Gradwohl, presenting results of the cooperation.
Recent joint publications:
- First record of trace element accumulation in a freshwater ectoparasite, Paradiplozoon ichthyoxanthon (Monogenea; Diplozoidae), infecting the gills of two yellowfish species, Labeobarbus aeneus and Labeobarbus kimberleyensis
Gilbert, B.M., Jirsa, F. & Avenant-Oldewage, A.
Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology (2022) 74, 127053 - Parasite diversity of introduced fish Lates niloticus, Oreochromis niloticus and endemic Haplochromis spp. of Lake Victoria, Kenya
Outa, J. O., Dos Santos, Q. M., Avenant-Oldewage, A. & Jirsa, F.
Parasitology Research (2021)120, 1583–1592 - Trace Elements in Crustaceans, Mollusks and Fish in the Kenyan Part of Lake Victoria: Bioaccumulation, Bioindication and Health Risk Analysis
Outa, J. O., Kowenje, C. O., Avenant-Oldewage, A. & Jirsa, F.
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (2020) 78, 589–603
