Understanding How Disease and Environment Combine to Structure Resistance in Estuarine Bivalve Populations

Understanding How Disease and Environment Combine to Structure Resistance in Estuarine Bivalve Populations

Delaware Bay oyster (Crassostrea virginica) populations are influenced by two lethal parasites that cause Dermo and MSX diseases. As part of the US National Science Foundation Ecology of Infectious Diseases initiative, a program developed for Delaware Bay focuses on understanding how oyster populati...

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Main Authors: Eileen Hofmann, David Bushek, Susan Ford, Dale Haidvogel, Dennis Hedgecock, John Klinck, Coren Milbury, Diego Narvaez, Eric Powell, Yongping Wang, Zhiren Wang, John Wilkin, Liusuo Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2009-12-01
Series:Oceanography
Subjects:
Delaware Bay
oysters
dermo
MSX
population genetics
population dynamics
climate change
Online Access:http://tos.org/oceanography/issues/issue_archive/issue_pdfs/22_4/22-4_hofmann.pdf

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