Research Group in Evolutionary Ecology of Host-Parasite Interactions

Overview

Core fields of research

Basic natural phenomena and mathematical thinking

Faculty

Faculty of Mathematics and Science

Research group description

We work on ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions. Main lines of the current research focus on outcomes of multiple parasite infections in different pathogen and host combinations, and effects of parasites on endangered salmonid fish populations.

Current

Projects

Related projects

Project

Kymppi - Kalatalouden ympäristöohjelma

Euroopan meri-, vesiviljely- ja kalatalousrahaston rahoittama ja Luonnonvarakeskuksen hallinnoima Kalatalouden ympäristöohjelman (KYMPPI) partnerihanke Jyväskylän yliopistossa

Members

Research group

Group leaders

Anssi Karvonen

Senior Lecturer

Members

Anssi Karvonen

Senior Lecturer

Publications

Publications

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Opposing health effects of hybridization for conservation

Conservation Science and Practice.

Klemme, Ines

Hendrikx, Lysanne

Ashrafi, Roghaieh

Sundberg, Lotta‐Riina

Räihä, Ville

Piironen, Jorma

Hyvärinen, Pekka

Karvonen, Anssi

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Quantity and Quality of Aquaculture Enrichments Influence Disease Epidemics and Provide Ecological Alternatives to Antibiotics

Antibiotics.

Karvonen, Anssi

Räihä, Ville

Klemme, Ines

Ashrafi, Roghaieh

Hyvärinen, Pekka

Sundberg, Lotta-Riina

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Variation in parasite resistance of Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus, between and within sympatric morphs

Ecology and Evolution.

Karvonen, Anssi

Beck, Samantha V.

Skúlason, Skúli

Kristjánsson, Bjarni K.

Leblanc, Camille A.

Publication

2020

Available through Open Access

Diplostomiasis (Diplostomum spathaceum and related species)

Climate Change and Infectious Fish Diseases. CABI.

Karvonen, Anssi

Marcogliese, David J.

Publication

2020

Available through Open Access

Negative associations between parasite avoidance, resistance and tolerance predict host health in salmonid fish populations

Proceedings of the Royal Society B : Biological Sciences.

Klemme, Ines

Hyvärinen, Pekka

Karvonen, Anssi

Publication

2019

Available through Open Access

Importance of Sequence and Timing in Parasite Coinfections

Trends in Parasitology.

Karvonen, Anssi

Jokela, Jukka

Laine, Anna-Liisa

Publication

2019

Available through Open Access

Rearing background and exposure environment together explain higher survival of aquaculture fish during a bacterial outbreak

Journal of Applied Ecology.

Räihä, Ville

Sundberg, Lotta-Riina

Ashrafi, Roghaieh

Hyvärinen, Pekka

Karvonen, Anssi

Publication

2019

Available through Open Access

Sequential infection can decrease virulence in a fish‐bacterium‐fluke interaction : implications for aquaculture disease management

Evolutionary Applications.

Karvonen, Anssi

Fenton, Andy

Sundberg, Lotta-Riina

Publication

2019

Available through Open Access

Within-host interactions shape virulence-related traits of trematode genotypes

Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

Klemme, Ines

Karvonen, Anssi

Publication

2018

Available through Open Access

Divergent parasite infections in sympatric cichlid species in Lake Victoria

Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

Karvonen, Anssi

Wagner, Catherine E.

Selz, Oliver M.

Seehausen, Ole

Publication

2018

Experience and dominance in fish pairs jointly shape parasite avoidance behaviour

Animal Behaviour.

Klemme, Ines

Karvonen, Anssi

Publication

2018

Minor environmental concentrations of antibiotics can modify bacterial virulence in co-infection with a non-targeted parasite

Biology Letters.

Sundberg, Lotta-Riina

Karvonen, Anssi

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