Parasites occur in nearly every population. They often interact in complex ways with other
stressors. In some cases, the interaction may lead to a disproportionately negative effect on …

Withering syndrome is a fatal disease of wild and cultured abalone, Haliotis spp., that inhabit
the west coast of North America. The aetiological agent of withering syndrome has recently …

Since 1997, mass mortality of the abalone Haliotis tuberculata L. has occurred in the natural
environment along the French coast. The outbreak of disease started on the south coast of …

Stress is thought to cause increased disease outbreaks and mortality in a number of
invertebrates but currently very little information is available on mechanisms linking …

Rickettsiales‐like organisms (RLOs) are intracellular bacteria that have been reported to be
symbionts of over 60 species of bivalves and marine gastropod molluscs of aquaculture …

A herpes-like virus is demonstrated for the first time to be associated with high mortality rates
in maricultured abalone Haliotis diversicolor supertexta in Taiwan. Histopathology of …

Withering syndrome (WS) is a chronic wasting disease responsible for mass mortality in wild
populations of black abalone Haliotis cracherodii. The etiology of WS is uncertain with …

Outbreaks of mass mortality among cultured small abalone Haliotis diversicolor supertexta
with withering syndrome occurred in May and September 1998 in Kao‐Hsiung, Taiwan …

Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay discusses the proposed plan to offset the
dramatic decline in the bay's native oysters by introducing disease-resistant reproductive …

The black dbalone Hal~ otls cracherodil was once abundant in many lntert~ dal habitats in
southern Callforn~ a USA Beginning In 1985 however, black abalone In southern California …