Publications with tag: exoskeleton

S.D. Zharkov, H. V. Dubinina, A. N. Alekseev, Per M. Jensen

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURE AND CHANGES IN IXODES TICK POPULATIONS IN THE BALTIC REGION OF RUSSIA AND DENMARK

The representatives of two Ixodes species were tested for exoskeleton abnormalities and infections caused by different pathogens. Two groups comprising 3854 alive...

A. N. Alekseev, H. V. Dubinina

HETEROGENEITY OF THE IXODES PERSULCATUS SCHULZE (ACARI: IXODIDAE) POPULATION DETERMINES THE QUALITIES OF INFECTED TICKS AS HOSTS AND VECTORS OF PARASITES

The heterogeneity of the population of Ixodes persulcatus Schulze ticks inhabiting the relatively small St. Petersburg (Russia) suburban forested territory was st...

H. V. Dubinina, A. N. Alekseev, E. S. Svetashova

NEW IXODES RICINUS TICK POPULATIONS APPEARING AS A RESULT OF, AND TOLERANT TO, CADMIUM CONTAMINATION

Peculiarities of the exoskeleton structure of the progeny (F ) of Ixodes ricinus females were stud-ied. Females were collected on the Curonian Spit (Kalinin...

A. N. Alekseev, H. V. Dubinina, P. A. Chirov, А. М Peterson, М. A. Turtseva

PECULIARITIES OF CADMIUM-TOLERANT POPULATIONS OF IXODES TICKS: SPECIFICITY OF THEIR MICROBIOCENOSES, IMMUNITY AND VECTOR CAPACITY

The appearance and prevalence of exoskeleton anomalies in Ixodes ticks chosen as markers of anthropogenic press allows to reveal their distribu-tion and the r...

H. V. Dubinina, A. N. Alekseev

SKELETON CHANGES IN THE ORIBATID MITES UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE HEAVY METAL IONS ACCUMULATION

Among oribatid mites collected in the polluted area in the vicinity of St.Petersburg, some anomalies of their skeleton were checked. It was supposed that such ano...