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  1. Systematic Review of Parasite Diversity in Wild Freshwater Fishes and Their Host‐Locality Interactions in Türkiye

    Article • Zoologica Scripta, July 2026, Wiley

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  2. Biological Diversity and Parasitological Peculiarities of Myxosporea (Cnidaria, Myxozoa) Infecting Merluccius Merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Sea of Marmara

    Article • Acta Parasitologica, March 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  3. First molecular identification, biological diversity, and infection features of myxozoan parasites in Whiting Merlangius merlangus along the Turkish coast of the Black Sea

    Article • Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, October 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  4. Wild and Cultured Fish Parasites in Türkiye: An Updated List of Species, Hosts, Microhabitat and Zoogeographical Distribution since 2020

    Article • Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca Veterinary Medicine, May 2025, AcademicPres (EAP) Publishing House

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  5. Parasite Fauna of Chub Squalius cephalus (L., 1758) (Actinopterygii: Leuciscidae) from a Stream System in Kocaeli Province, Türkiye

    Article • Acta zoologica bulgarica, October 2023, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  6. Infection ofKudoa anatolica(Cnidaria: Myxozoa): Impact on the Nutritional Composition ofAtherina hepsetus(Atherinidae) Flesh

    Article • Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology, April 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  7. First report of Ceratomyxa scorpaeni (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) from Scorpaena porcus in the Black Sea

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2021, Magnolia Press

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  8. Light and Scanning Electron Microscopic Observations on Grillotia erinaceus (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha)

    Article • AQUATIC SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING, June 2020, Istanbul University

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  9. Morphological and molecular descriptions of Sphaeromyxa sevastopoli (Cnidaria) from host fishes from Sinop on the Black Sea coast

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  10. Comparative Diplectanum aequans (Monogenea) infestations in cultured European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea

    Article • Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, June 2019, Ege University Faculty of Fisheries

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  11. Two novel myxosporean parasites in Black Sea fishes: Kudoa niluferi sp. nov. and Kudoa anatolica sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Myxosporea)

    Article • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, June 2018, Inter-Research Science Center

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  12. Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Ortholinea mullusi sp. nov. (Myxozoa) in Mullus barbatus from the Black Sea

    Article • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, January 2018, Inter-Research Science Center

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  13. Myxosporean parasites of Ceratomyxa merlangi and Myxidium gadi in whiting Merlangius merlangus: a comparative epizootiological analysis based on samples from two localities off southern and northern coasts of the Black Sea

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  14. Health assessment of grey mulletMugil cephalusbased on interrelationship between parasite co-infections and relative condition factor

    Article • Journal of Zoology, July 2016, Wiley

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  15. Seasonality and host-parasite interrelationship of Hysterothylacium aduncum (Nematoda) in whiting Merlangius merlangus off the southern and northern coasts of the Black Sea

    Article • Helminthologia, July 2016, De Gruyter

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  16. Molecular characterization and morphological aspects of Myxobolus parvus (Myxozoa) from Liza saliens (Mugilidae) off the Turkish Black Sea coasts

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  17. Morphology, histology and phylogeny of Henneguya sinova sp. nov. (Myxobolidae: Myxozoa) infecting gills of Parablennius tentacularis in the Black Sea, Turkey

    Article • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, March 2016, Inter-Research Science Center

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  18. Seasonality and host–parasite interrelationship of Mytilus galloprovincialis parasites in Turkish Black Sea coasts

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, June 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  19. Gyrodactylus alviga infections on Merlangius merlangus

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, June 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  20. Parasite fauna of Mugil cephalus and its relationship with some ecological factors

    Article • Journal of Natural History, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  21. Article • Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, January 2015, Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  22. Article • Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, January 2015, Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  23. Trichodina gobii (Ciliophora: Trichodinidae) on whiting Merlangius merlangus with a checklist from Turkish and Russian coasts of the Black Sea

    Article • Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, January 2015, Acta Zoologica Hungarica

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  24. Trichodinid fauna of freshwater fishes with infestation indices in theLower Kızılırmak Delta in Turkey and a checklist of trichodinids(Ciliophora: Trichodinidae) in Turkish waters

    Article • TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, January 2015, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  25. First Report of Enteromyxum leei (Myxozoa) in the Black Sea in a Potential Reservoir Host Chromis chromis

    Article • Fish Pathology, January 2014, The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  26. First report of some parasites from Mediterranean mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819, collected from the Black Sea coast at Sinop

    Article • TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, January 2014, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  27. Grillotia erinaceus (van Beneden, 1858) (Cestoda:Trypanorhyncha) from whiting in the Black Sea, with observations on seasonality and host-parasite interrelationship

    Article • Acta Parasitologica, January 2014, De Gruyter

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  28. Article • Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, January 2014, Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  29. Parasite fauna of Golden Grey Mullet Liza aurata (Risso, 1810) collected from Lower Kızılırmak Delta in Samsun, Turkey

    Article • Helminthologia, December 2013, De Gruyter

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  30. Trichodina modestaLom, 1970 (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) infestations of an endemic ToothcarpAphanius danfordiiBoulenger, 1890 (Pisces: Cyprinodontidae) in Sinop, Turkey

    Article • Journal of Natural History, December 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  31. Metazoan parasite fauna of the round gobyNeogobius melanostomusPallas, 1811 (Perciformes: Gobiidae) collected from the Black Sea coast at Sinop, Turkey

    Article • Journal of Natural History, June 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  32. Biological characteristics of some actinosporeans

    Article • Journal of Natural History, December 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  33. Infection prevalence, seasonality and host specificity of actinosporean types (Myxozoa) in an Atlantic salmon fish farm located in Northern Scotland

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, December 2002, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  34. Survey of actinosporean types (Myxozoa) belonging to seven collective groups found in a freshwater salmon farm in Northern Scotland

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, September 2002, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  35. The life cycle of Sphaerospora truttae (Myxozoa:Myxosporea) and some features of the biology of both the actinosporean and myxosporean stages

    Article • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, January 2000, Inter-Research Science Center

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  36. The relationship between occurrence of ectoparasites, temperature and culture conditions: a comparison of farmed and wild common carp (Cyprinus carpio L., 1758) in the Sinop region of northern Turkey

    Article • Journal of Natural History, April 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ahmet Özer

  37. Ectoparasitic protozoa fauna of the common carp (Cyprinus carpioL., 1758) caught in the Sinop region of Turkey

    Article • Journal of Natural History, March 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ahmet Özer