My current research interests include the taxonomy and community ecology of parasitic helminths and ectoparasites of various vertebrate hosts including the behavioural, biogeographical, evolutionary, life cycle and developmental aspects of parasites, and their intermediate and definitive hosts. The major groups currently being studied include shorebirds, bats and shrews.

Kinsella, J.K., Didyk, A.S., and A.G. Canaris. 2008. Helminth parasites of dowitchers, Limnodromus griseus from Alaska, and Limnodromus scolopaceous from Montana, USA. Comparative Parasitology, 75(2): 329-332. Didyk, A.S., Canaris, A. G., and J. M. Kinsella. 2007. Intestinal helminths of the spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius (L.), during fall migration in New Brunswick, Canada, with a checklist of helminths reported from this host. Comparative Parasitology 74(2): 359-363. Didyk, A.S., Kinsella, J. M., and A. G. Canaris, A. G. 2007. Intestinal helminths of fall-migrating ruddy turnstones, Arenaria interpres (L.), from New Brunswick, Canada, with a checklist of helminths reported from this host. Comparative Parasitology 74(2): 364-371. Kinsella, J. M., Didyk, A. S., and A. G. Canaris. 2007. Helminths of Hudsonian godwits, Limosa haemastica, from Alaska and Manitoba. Journal of Parasitology, 93(3): 716-717. Didyk, A. S., Bourgeois, N., Arp, P. A., Bourque, J., Braune, B., Cox, G. K., Ritchie, C., Wells, P. G., and P. A. Arp. 2005. The roles of Corophium volutator and mercury in compromisingshorebird migration. The Changing Bay of Fundy: Beyond 400 Years; Proceedings of the 6th Bay of Fundy Workshop, Occasional Report No. 23, Environment Canada. Didyk, A.S. and M. D. B. Burt. 1999. Frogs consumed by Whimbrels, Numenius phaeopus, on breeding grounds at Churchill, Manitoba. Canadian Field-Naturalist 113 (4): 663-664. Didyk, A.S. and M. D. B. Burt. 1998. Paraliga charadrii n. sp. (Cestoda: Dilepididae) from the semipalmated plover, Charadrius semipalmatus (Aves: Charadriiformes). Journal of Parasitology 84: 828-830. Didyk, A.S. and M. D. B. Burt. 1998. Geographical, seasonal and sex dynamics of Shipleya inermis (Cestoidea: Dioecocestidae) in Limnodromus griseus (Gemelin (Aves: Charadriiformes). Journal of Parasitology 84: 931-934. Didyk, A.S. and M. D. B. Burt. 1997. Himasthla limnodromi n. sp. (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) from the short-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus (Aves: Scolopacidae). Journal of Parasitology 83: 1124-1127.