Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
2012
Journal
Journal Of Shellfish Research
Volume
31
Issue
2
First Page
431
Last Page
438
Abstract
The emergence of epizootic shell disease in the American lobster (Homarus americanus) has been devastating to the fishing industry in southern New England. In response, research was initiated to understand the roles of the environment, pathogens, and pollutants in the ecology and etiology of the disease. A comprehensive project was initiated in which tissues and hemolymph from 100 lobsters were collected from an endemic area of disease, Narragansett Bay, RI. The project has moved forward with the purpose of compiling, synthesizing, and propagating the findings from the "100 Lobsters" Project. The resulting tissue bank and Web-based data repository and instructional tools serve as a nascent demonstration project to both the scientific community working on this disease as well as to members of the lobster industry.
DOI
10.2983/035.031.0203
Keywords
Homarus Americanus; Clawed Lobster; Epizootic Shell Disease; Long Island Sound; Narragansett Bay
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.
Sponsor
National Marine Fisheries Service as the New England Lobster Research Initiative: Lobster Shell Disease under NOAA [NA06NMF4720100]
Recommended Citation
Shields, Jeffrey D.; Wheeler, Kersten N.; Moss, JA; Somers, B; and Castro, K, The "100 Lobsters" Project: A Cooperative Demonstration Project For Health Assessments Of Lobsters From Rhode Island (2012). Journal Of Shellfish Research, 31(2), 431-438.
10.2983/035.031.0203
