Diseases of wild and cultured juvenile crustaceans: Insights from below the minimum landing size

• Published in: Journal of invertebrate pathology Vol. 110; no. 2; pp. 225 - 233
• Main Author: Behringer, Donald C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2012
• Subjects: adults; Aging; Animals; Aquaculture; crabs; Crustaceans; Culture; Decapoda; Decapoda (Crustacea) - growth & development; Decapoda (Crustacea) - parasitology; Diseases; Ecology; economic valuation; Economics; Fisheries; Fishery; Growth and Development; Infection; Juvenile; juveniles; lobsters; Parasite; parasites; Pathogen; Pathogens; Pathology; shrimp; Shrimps; Virus; Virus; Infection; Juvenile; Fishery; Parasite; Ecology; Pathogen; Aquaculture

Juvenile crustaceans such as the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus are often disproportionately affected by pathogens and parasites. The pathogenic virus Panulirus argus Virus 1 (center TEM), fundamentally alters the ecology of juvenile lobsters and can cause up to 50% mortality in a localized...