| Title | Is the collapse of mud shrimp (Upogebia pugettensis) populations along the Pacific Coast of North America caused by outbreaks of a previously unknown bopyrid isopod parasite (Orthione griffenis)? |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2011 |
| Authors | Dumbauld, Brett R., John W. Chapman, Mark E. Torchin, and Armand M. Kuris |
| Secondary Title | Estuaries and Coasts |
| Volume | 34 |
| Number | 2 |
| Pagination | 336-350 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription |
| Keywords | aquatic invertebrates, crustaceans, depleted populations, Idaho Flats, Mud shrimp = Upogebia pugettensis, Orthione griffenis, parasites, Tillamook Bay, Willapa Bay, Yaquina Bay |
| Notes | “A dramatic increase in prevalence of the recently discovered bopyrid isopod parasite, Orthione griffenis, likely introduced in the 1980s from Asia to the Pacific coast of North America, coincided with the 2002 collapse of a population of its burrowing mud shrimp host, Upogebia pugettensis, in Willapa Bay, Washington that had been stable since monitoring began in 1988. An examination of whether O. griffenis infections were sufficient to cause this decline and other recently noted U. pugettensis population collapses in Pacific Coast estuaries was conducted.” (from the Abstract) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12237-010-9316-z |
