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Effects of land use and physicochemical water quality on grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, and its parasitic Isopod, Probopyrus pandalicola, in South Carolina, USA tidal creeks
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2011
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Description:"The goal was to analyze the prevalence of P. pandalicola in grass shrimp in relation to land use classifications, water quality parameters, and grass shrimp population metrics. Eight tidal creeks in coastal South Carolina were sampled monthly over a three year period. The occurrence of P. pandalicola ranged from 1.2% to 5.7%. Analysis indicated that greater percent water and marsh coverage resulted in a higher incidence of bopyrid occurrence. Analysis also indicated that higher bopyrid incidence occurred in creeks with higher salinity, temperature, and pH but lower dissolved oxygen. The land use characteristics found to limit bopyrid incidence were limiting to grass shrimp (definitive host) populations and probably copepod (intermediate host) populations as well."
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Content Notes:Peter B. Key, J. Blaine West, Paul L. Pennington, James W. Daugomah, Michael H. Fulton.
"January 2011."
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-28).
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