Born 20 Jan 1944, Hartford, CT, USA
Citizenship, US.
Assistant Professor Emeritus, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Guest Professor, Institute of Biotechnology and Environment, Nha Trang University, Nha Trang, Vietnam.
Dr. Sci. Zoology (Evolution and Ecology of Marine Parasites), Zoological Institute (now Department of Biology), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
M. Sci. Zoology (Population Genetics and Ecology), Department of Zoology, University of Maine Orono, Orono, Maine, USA
B. Sci. Marine Biology, Southampton College of Long Island University, Southampton, L.I., N.Y., USA
Research
I am interested in the systematics, biodiversity, epidemiology/ecology, and, coevolution of aquatic parasites and their hosts. I also have an abiding interest in, and, teach courses internationally, in experimental design for biologists. More recently, I have been working on the biodiversity of marine parasites/host systems coupled with questions about global climate change. This is work is primarily with the Institute of Biotechnology and Environment, Nha Trang University.
A major area of my research has on the interaction between the parasites of wild and cultured fish in Viet Nam. Current collaboration being conducted with the University of Nha Trang, the Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 3, and the Oceanograpic Institute, all of Nha Trang, Viet Nam. Collateral work in this area has included studies on the parasites of coral reef fish being bred for the aquarium industry.
I also have cooperation with Stonybrook, SUNY and the University of Alaska, Anchorage, on the parasites of marine and freshwater stickleback populations in the Kenai Peninsula and Mat-Su Valley areas of Alaska. These populations have been, and continue to be, extensively investigated by teams of international researchers. My input has included information on pure parasitology, linking with the evolution of some of the populations under investigation, stickleback immunology, monogenean genetics, the dynamics of parasites in lakes restocked with sticklebacks, and, more.
Besides working on the parasites of fish, I have a strong interest and participation in research on the parasites of marine invertebrates. I have supervised MS students studying the parasites of the invasive Kamchatka king crab (Paralithodes camtschatica) in Norwegian waters, and, on the native green crab (Carcinus maenas) which has be a major invader around the globe. My most recent sabbatical included work on the parasites of holothurians of Nha Trang Bay, Nha Trang Viet Nam, and, I will take research leave next fall to study parasites of the swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus, in the same place. I was also co-supervised an MS student from the University of Malaysia Terengganu, and, the Fisheries Research Institute of Malaysia, in his studies on parasites of the freshwater shrimp, Macrobrachium rosenbergii.
Recent Publications
Bhuiyan, A.I., J. D’Silva, G. Bristow. 2011. Distribution of endoparasitic helminths of Tenualosa ilisha in Bangladesh waters. Bangladesh J. Zool. 39(1):35-47.
Choong, F.C., F. Shaharom,, G.A. Bristow, Z. Abdul Rashid, B.C. Kua, B. 2011. Probopyrus buitendijki (Isopoda, Bopyridae), a Parasitic Isopod on Macrobrachium rosenbergii in Timun River, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Crustaceana 84( 9):051-1059.
Lützen, J. B. Berland, G.A. Bristow. 2011. Morphology of an endosymbiotic bivalve, Entovalva nhatrangensis, (Bristow, Berland, Schander & Vo, 2010)(Galeommatoidea). Molluscan Research 31(2):114-124.
Vo, D.T., G.A. Bristow, D.H. Nguyen, D.T. Vo, T.N.N. Nguyen, T.C. Tran. 2011. Digenean trematodes of cultured grouper (Epinephelus coioides and E. bleekeri) in Khanh Hoa Province,Vietnam, pp. 39-51. In Bondad-Reantaso, M.G., Jones, J.B., Corsin, F. and Aoki, T. (eds.). Diseases in Asian Aquaculture VII. Fish Health Section, Asian Fisheries Society, Selangor, Malaysia.
Bristow, G.A., B. Berland, C. Schander & D.T. Vo. 2010. A new endo-symbiotic vivalve, Entovalva nhatrangensis n.sp. (Heterodonta, Galeommatoidea), from Pacific holothuruian Journal of Parasitology 96, 532-534 .
Dang, B.T., A. Levsen, C. Schander & G.A. Bristow. 2010. Some Haliotrema (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) from
cultured grouper (Epinephelus spp.) with emphasis on the phylogenetic position of Haliotrema cromileptis. Journal of Parasitology 96(1):30-39.
Nguyen, T.N.N., D.T. Vo, D.T. Vo, G. A. Bristow, H.T. Do. 2010. Some parasites of cultured seabass (Lates calcarifer Bloch, 1790) in Khanh Hoa Waters. Marine Science and Technology Journal. No. 6(T.6):59-63. In Vietnamese with English summary.
Bhuiyan, A.I., J. D’Silva & G. Bristow. 2009. Parasites of hilsa shad, Tenualosa ilisha in Bangladesh. Bangladesh J. Zool. 37: 221-230.