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Characterizing host-pathogen interactions between Zostera marina and Labyrinthula zosterae
(Frontiers, 2023-08-08)Introduction: Seagrass meadows serve as an integral component of coastal ecosystems but are declining rapidly due to numerous anthropogenic stressors including climate change. Eelgrass wasting disease, caused by opportunistic ... -
World Society for Virology first international conference: Tackling global virus epidemics
(Elsevier, 2021-12-10)This communication summarizes the presentations given at the 1st international conference of the World Society for Virology (WSV) held virtually during 16–18 June 2021, under the theme of tackling global viral epidemics. ... -
Road Salts as Environmental Constraints in Urban Pond Food Webs
(PLOS One, 2014-02-26)Freshwater salinization is an emerging environmental filter in urban aquatic ecosystems that receive chloride road salt runoff from vast expanses of impervious surface cover. Our study was designed to evaluate the effects ... -
Oyster gardening in the Baltimore Harbor: Quantifying oyster growth & influencing factors
(2023-01-01)In Baltimore, industrialization has degraded the ecosystem and displaced communities from the waterfront. Organizations like the Great Baltimore Oyster Partnership and the Environmental Justice Journalism Initiative aim ... -
Seagrass Wasting Disease and the Causative Agent, Labyrinthula zosterae: Detection, Quantification, and Potential Mitigation
(2023-01-01)Eelgrass (Zostera marina) is an ecologically important seagrass providing numerous ecosystem services to coastal habitats globally. Z. marina is currently experiencing universal decline due to multiple factors, including ... -
Advancing Technology for Restoration: An investigation of the Solar Oysters Production System
(2023-01-01)The Solar Oyster Production System (SOPS) was developed to expand growing capacity while decreasing the area required to grow oysters and reducing labor demands. SOPS is the first system in the world to grow oysters on ... -
Susceptibility of Shellfish Aquaculture Species in the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland Coastal Bays to the Ostreid Herpesvirus-1 Microvariants
(2022-01-01)The Ostreid herpesvirus 1(OsHV-1) and its microvariants are highly virulent pathogens that cause mass mortalities of oysters and pose a threat to the shellfish aquaculture industry globally. OsHV-1 causes economically ... -
Investigating interactions between climate, host life history and viral diversity across a trans-hemispheric range of marine ecosystems
(2022-01-01)Marine infectious diseases and pathogens substantially impact the structure and function of marine communities by causing mortalities and altering host behaviors. The interactions between host and pathogen, determining the ... -
Developing technologies to produce reproductively sterile finfish and oysters, and characterizing changes of gene expression in the pituitary of sterile fish by single-cell RNA sequencing
(2022-01-01)Aquaculture is the fastest-growing food sector and is viewed as a long-term sustainable approach to meet the rising global demand for seafood. During the expansion and advancement of aquaculture, minimizing ecological ... -
Molecular mechanisms regulating reproduction in the presence and absence of the hypophysiotropic GnRH in zebrafish females
(2022-01-01)Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is an essential neuropeptide for inducing the luteinizing hormone (LH) secretion in vertebrates. Most vertebrates possess two or three GnRH isoforms, and GnRH1 is known as a regulator ... -
Effects of Infectious Diseases on Population Dynamics of Marine Organisms in Chesapeake Bay
(Springer Nature, 2021-03-24)Diseases are important drivers of population and ecosystem dynamics. This review synthesizes the effects of infectious diseases on the population dynamics of nine species of marine organisms in the Chesapeake Bay. Diseases ... -
Dichotomy between regulation of coral bacterial communities and calcification physiology under ocean acidification conditions
Ocean acidification (OA) threatens the growth and function of coral reef ecosystems. A key component to coral health is the microbiome, but little is known about the impact of OA on coral microbiomes. A submarine CO2 vent ... -
The Roles of Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone 2 (Gnrh2) in Feeding and Reproduction in Zebrafish: A Potential Mediator of These Interlinked Processes
(2019-01-01)Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GNRH) is the neuropeptide in vertebrates most well-known for controlling reproduction and stimulating the gonadotropins, luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), from ... -
Enhanced Enrichment of Medaka Ovarian Germline Stem Cells by a Combination of Density Gradient Centrifugation and Differential Plating
(MDPI, 2020-10-24)Fish ovarian germline stem cells (OGSCs) have great potential in various biological fields due to their ability to generate large numbers of mature eggs. Therefore, selective enrichment of OGSCs is a prerequisite for ... -
ICTV virus taxonomy profile: Picobirnaviridae
(Microbiiology Society, 2018-11-28)Picobirnaviridae is a family of viruses with bi-segmented (rarely unsegmented) dsRNA genomes comprising about 4.4 kbp in total, with small, non-enveloped spherical virions. The family includes one genus (Picobirnavirus) ...
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