S. A. Binning

The importance of visual and chemical cues in infection detection and avoidance in a freshwater fish

This study shows that pumpkinseed sunfish use chemical cues rather than visual cues to avoid infected conspecifics, with naive populations more likely to avoid infected individuals than experienced ones.

Thermal tolerance and survival are modulated by a natural gradient of infection in differentially acclimated hosts

This study shows how parasite infection affects thermal tolerance and survival in fish under different temperature conditions.

Mitochondrial metabolism and body condition of naturally infected sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus)

The paper examines how mitochondrial enzyme activity relates to body condition and parasite infection in sunfish, finding that cytochrome C oxidase activity in hearts correlates with lower body condition.

Increased parasite load is associated with reduced metabolic rates and escape responsiveness in pumpkinseed sunfish host

This study examines how parasite load affects metabolic rates and escape responses in pumpkinseed sunfish, finding that non-visible parasites reduce metabolic performance and responsiveness.