My research program is primarily centered in environmental parasitology and explores the relationship between pollution and parasitism in marine fishes.  I am currently studying several host-parasite systems from marine ecosystems that vary in their degree of pollution, i.e., they range from being less polluted to heavily polluted.  I am attempting to identify parasite species that may be useful as sensitive indicators of environmental pollution for specific water bodies.  Other projects I am involved in include the structure of parasite assemblages in lacustrine fish populations, the ecology of lizard malaria, and the role of parasitism in mate selection in fishes.

Selected Research Publications:

1. Hogue, C. C. and J. M. Paris. Macroparasites of Pacific sanddab Citharichthys sordidus (Bothidae) from polluted waters of the Palos Verdes Shelf, southern California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. (accepted for publication).

2. Hogue, C. C. and J. S. Peng. 2001. Endohelminths of white croaker (Genyonemus lineatus) from Los Angeles Harbor, southern California. Comparative Parasitology 68: 36-41.

3. Hogue, C. C. 1999. Avoidance responses of rainbow trout and Utah chub to rotenone. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 19: 171-179.

4. Hogue, C. C., D. R. Sutherland, and B. M. Christensen. 1993. Ecology of metazoan parasites  infecting Catostomus spp. (Catostomidae) from southwestern Lake Superior. Canadian  Journal of Zoology 71: 1646-1652.

5. Courtney (Hogue), C. C. and B. M. Christensen. 1991. The response of Tubifex tubifex (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae) to a second infection with Glaridacris catostomi (Cestoidea: Caryophyllaeidae). Journal of Helminthological Society of Washington 58: 118-121.

6. Courtney (Hogue), C. C. and B. M. Christensen. 1988.  Host-parasite relationships of caryophyllaeid cestodes and aquatic oligochaetes:  II. Effects of host age and mixed infections.  Journal of Parasitology 74: 573-581.

7. Courtney (Hogue), C. C. and B. M. Christensen. 1987. Host-parasite relationships of caryophyllaeid cestodes and aquatic oligochaetes:  I. Host longevity and parasite intensity.  Journal of Parasitology 73: 1124-1132.