At 08:00 20/07/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Two items I hope that somebody can steer me towards.
> The second relates to techtonic plate movements and the theory of continental
>drift. I understand this was first proposed by a parasitologist who studied
parasites of fresh-water fish in South America and Australia. Can anybody
give me his name or a
>reference of this work? I'm trying to gather interesting parasitological
topics for use
>in a potential PBS series for the ASP, along the lines of 'Cosmos,' but for
parasites.
>One part would cover parasites in history, so if anyone cares to offer
their favorite
>historical parasite topic, then I'd be much intrigued and thankful.
>>Cliff
You might take a look at Manter's work on Glaxias and fish parasite
zoogeorgaphy (1955, Exp. Parasit. 4, 62-86): he refers to earlier work by
Von Ihring, Crowcroft and others. There have been several works which
subsequently link parasites and plate tectonics.
David Gibson
from
Dr David I. Gibson
Parasitic Worms Division Tel. +44-(0)171-938-9485
Department of Zoology Fax. +44-(0)171-938-8754
The Natural History Museum
London SW7 5BD
UK
Work e-mail: dig at nhm.ac.uk
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