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Hematodinium infection seasonality in the Firth of Clyde (Scotland) Nephrops norvegicus population: a re-evaluation

2012; Inter-Research; Volume: 100; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3354/dao02473

1616-1580

N. Beevers, Elizabeth Kilbride, RJA Atkinson, DM Neil,

Marine Ecology and Invasive Species

DAO Diseases of Aquatic Organisms Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials DAO 100:95-104 (2012) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02473 Contribution to the DAO Special: 'Disease effects on lobster fisheries, ecology, and culture' Hematodinium infection seasonality in the Firth of Clyde (Scotland) Nephrops norvegicus population: a re-evaluation N. D. Beevers1,*, E. Kilbride1, R. J. A. Atkinson2, D. M. Neil1 1Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK 2University Biological Marine Station, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae KA28 0EG, UK *Email: nicholas.beevers@gmail.com ABSTRACT: Hematodinium infections in Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus from the Clyde Sea area (CSA) population, Scotland, UK, have previously been undetected in summer. This study aimed to establish if the CSA is actually devoid of infected N. norvegicus in this season. Two PCR assays, an ELISA and 2 tests that detect only patent infection (pleopod and body colour methods) were applied in a 21 mo study. Patent infection was seasonal, appearing predominantly in spring, while subpatent infection diagnosed by ELISA and PCR was highly prevalent in all seasons. Generalised linear modelling supported this assertion, as sampling in September and February significantly increased the probability of finding infected N. norvegicus (p < 0.01); infections were predominantly subpatent and patent respectively, at these times. Therefore, Hematodinium seasonality in N. norvegicus populations is likely to have been an artefact of insensitive diagnostic tests. Light Hematodinium infections were found using PCR assays when patent infections were at their most prevalent and intense, suggesting that infection develops at different rates in different N. norvegicus individuals and that only a portion of the total number of infected N. norvegicus die within a single year. These new data were added to a long-term data series for the CSA (1990 to 2008), which showed that after an initial 5 yr epidemic period, prevalence stabilised at 20 to 25%. Comparisons with 'susceptible-infected-recovered/removed' (SIR) models suggest that this high prevalence is maintained through high birth rates of susceptible host N. norvegicus. KEY WORDS: Lobster · Parasite · Diagnostic · Disease · Mortality · Long-term dataset · Dinoflagellate · Monitoring · Fisheries Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Beevers ND, Kilbride E, Atkinson RJA, Neil DM (2012) Hematodinium infection seasonality in the Firth of Clyde (Scotland) Nephrops norvegicus population: a re-evaluation. Dis Aquat Org 100:95-104. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02473 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in DAO Vol. 100, No. 2. Online publication date: August 27, 2012 Print ISSN: 0177-5103; Online ISSN: 1616-1580 Copyright © 2012 Inter-Research.