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Abstracts Of Technical Papers Presented At The 101st Annual Meeting National Shellfisheries Association Savannah, Georgia March 22–26, 2009, National Shellfisheries Association
Abstracts Of Technical Papers Presented At The 101st Annual Meeting National Shellfisheries Association Savannah, Georgia March 22–26, 2009, National Shellfisheries Association
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Idiopathic Lesions And Visual Deficits In The American Lobster (Homarus Americanus) From Long Island Sound, Ny, Christopher R. Magel, Jeffrey D. Shields, Richard Brill
Idiopathic Lesions And Visual Deficits In The American Lobster (Homarus Americanus) From Long Island Sound, Ny, Christopher R. Magel, Jeffrey D. Shields, Richard Brill
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In 1999, a mass mortality of the American lobster (Homarus americanus) occurred in western Long Island Sound (WLIS). Although the etiology of this event remains unknown, bottom water temperature, hypoxia, heavy metal poisoning, and pesticides are potential causal factors. Lobsters from WLIS continue to display signs of morbidity, including lethargy and cloudy grey eyes that contain idiopathic lesions. As the effect of these lesions on lobster vision is unknown, we used electroretinography (ERG) to document changes in visual function in lobsters from WLIS, while using histology to quantify the extent of physical damage. Seventy-three percent of lobsters from WLIS showed …
Inter-Relationships Of Haplosporidians Deduced From Ultrastructural Studies, Pm Hine, Ryan Carnegie, Em Burreson, My Engelsma
Inter-Relationships Of Haplosporidians Deduced From Ultrastructural Studies, Pm Hine, Ryan Carnegie, Em Burreson, My Engelsma
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We reviewed papers reporting haplosporidian ultrastructure to compare inter-relationships based on ultrastructure with those based on molecular data, to identify features that may be important in haplosporidian taxonomy, and to consider parasite taxonomy in relation to host taxonomy. There were links between the following: (1) the plasmodia of an abalone parasite, Haplosporidium nelsoni and Urosporidium crescens in the release of haplosporosomes; (2) H. costale and H. armoricanum in haplosporosome shape and presence and shape of Golgi in spores; (3) basal asporous crustacean haplosporidians which form haplosporosomes from formative bodies (FBs) in vegetative stages - H. nelsoni, which forms haplosporosomes from …
Introduction To The First Symposium On The Biology Of The Parasitic Crustacea, Jeffrey D. Shields, Cb Boyko
Introduction To The First Symposium On The Biology Of The Parasitic Crustacea, Jeffrey D. Shields, Cb Boyko
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Quantification Of Coral Heat Shock Proteins From Individual Coral Polyps, Erin Bromage, Lawrence Carpenter, Stephen Kaattari, Mark Patterson
Quantification Of Coral Heat Shock Proteins From Individual Coral Polyps, Erin Bromage, Lawrence Carpenter, Stephen Kaattari, Mark Patterson
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The induction and regulation of heat shock proteins (hsps) is a significant defense mechanism that can preserve metabolic function and foster recovery from short-term stress events. Present coral sampling methodologies that involve hsp analysis often require the harvesting of large samples of live coral colonies that may already be stressed or in poor health. In the present study, 3 novel protocols were developed to: (1) extract single coral polyps, minimizing colony trauma; (2) purify protein from single coral polyps (approximately 12 mm); and (3) develop a more sensitive protein quantification method. The preliminary testing of 5 separate protein preparation methods …