| Title | Prevalence, Geographic Distribution, and Biology of a Dungeness Crab, Cancer magister, Microsporidian Parasite |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 1994 |
| Authors | Childers, Richard K. |
| Secondary Title | Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife, Fisheries Science |
| Academic Department | Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife, Fisheries Science |
| Degree | M.S. |
| Pagination | 68 p. |
| Date Published | 1994 |
| University | Oregon State University |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Type of Work | Masters Thesis |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Internet Resources LD4330 1995 .C55 , Guin Childers, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Alsea River estuary, biological, Coos Bay estuary, dungeness crab=Metacarcinus magister (Cancer magister), life history information, Nadelspora canceri, Nehalem River estuary, parasites, theses, Tillamook estuary, Yaquina Bay |
| Notes | Sampled Dungeness crabs at seven northwest estuaries and three sites in Puget Sound from October, 1991 through June, 1993 for presence of a microsporidian parasite, Nadelspora canceri. "The overall infection prevalence in male crabs (19.2%) was more than twice that of female crabs (8.0%), and of the 821 infected crabs found, 629 (76.6%) were males. The mortality of laboratory-held Dungeness crabs naturally infected with N. canceri was compared to that of uninfected crabs in two separate experiments and in both cases a significantly higher mortality was observed for infected crabs." (from the Abstract) Yaquina Bay had a low infection rate at 2.0%. Robert Olson was the major professor. |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/t722hd456 |
| Label | 25042 |
