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Filtering by: Creator Welter, Stephen C. Academic Affiliation Microbiology Degree Field Water Resources Science

Hydraulic predictors and seasonal distribution of Manayunkia speciosa density in the Klamath River, CA, with implications for ceratomyxosis, a disease of salmon and trout

Creator:

Jordan, Michelle S.

Abstract:

The freshwater polychaete Manayunkia speciosa was identified as an obligate host of the salmonid parasite Ceratomyxa shasta in 1997, prompting increased research on the small benthic invertebrate. Ceratomyxa shasta infection in fish can cause mortality, and presents a disease risk for both hatchery and wild salmon and trout. Ceratomyxa shasta...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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the Klamath River, Oregon and California. One option for managing C. shasta impacts is by decreasing