The effects of co-varying diel-cycling hypoxia and pH on disease susceptibility, growth, and feeding in Crassostrea virginica

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dc.contributor.advisorBreitburg, Denise Len_US
dc.contributor.advisorNorth, Elizabeth Wen_US
dc.contributor.authorKeppel, Andrew Georgeen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMarine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-06T06:49:50Z
dc.date.available2015-02-06T06:49:50Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractDiel-cycling hypoxia and pH co-occur in shallow waters world-wide. Eutrophication tends to increase the occurrence and severity of diel cycles. We used laboratory experiments to investigate effects of diel-cycling DO and pH on acquisition and progression of infections by Perkinsus marinus, the protistan parasite which causes Dermo disease, as well as hemocyte activity, growth, and feeding in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, an important estuarine species. Diel-cycling DO increased P. marinus infection and cycling DO and pH stimulated hemocyte activity and reduced oyster growth. However, ambient environmental conditions and oyster age modulated some of these effects. Co-varying DO and pH cycles sometimes had less severe effects than either cycle independently. Oysters may acclimate to, or compensate for, effects of cycling conditions on growth. Variation in magnitude and spatial extent of cycling conditions is an important consideration when choosing restoration sites, as severe cycling conditions may hinder re-establishment of estuarine populations.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2JS6T
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/16226
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEcologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEnvironmental scienceen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEnvironmental managementen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledacidificationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcrassostreaen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolleddiel-cyclingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolleddiseaseen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledgrowthen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhypoxiaen_US
dc.titleThe effects of co-varying diel-cycling hypoxia and pH on disease susceptibility, growth, and feeding in Crassostrea virginicaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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