Dataset: Data describing Long-term PaV1 lobster surveys in the south-central Florida Bay from 1999-2014 (Lobster disease connectivity project)

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Principal Investigator: Mark Butler (Old Dominion University)

Co-Principal Investigator: Donald Behringer (University of Florida)

Co-Principal Investigator: Claire B. Paris-Limouzy (University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science)

Co-Principal Investigator: Jeffery Shields (Virginia Institute of Marine Science)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Connectivity of disease in marine Ecosystems: multi-scale dynamics of a viral disease infecting caribbean spiny lobster (Lobster disease connectivity)

From 1999-2014, lobsters were briefly captured in Florida Bay. Measurements taken included sex, length, molt condition, evidence of injury and disease.  PaV1 virus PCR results were logged.

Related References:

Portions of these data have been reported in the following publication:

Behringer, D.C., M.J. Butler, J. Shields, and J. Moss. 2011. A review of Panulirus argus Virus 1 – a Decade after its Discovery. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 94: 153–160.


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