@article{c4fd13bee578444f9b970d4e9863b634,
title = "Spatial and temporal variability of myxozoan parasite, Myxobolus inornatus, prevalence in young of the year smallmouth bass in the Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania",
abstract = "A myxozoan parasite, Myxobolus inornatus, is one disease agent identified in young of the year (YOY) smallmouth bass in the Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania. We investigated spatial and temporal variability in M. Inornatus prevalence across the Susquehanna River Basin and at several out-of-basin sites. We examined potential land use drivers of M. Inornatus prevalence including agricultural and developed land use. In 1,267 YOY smallmouth bass collected from 32 sites during 2013–2016, M. Inornatus was documented in 43.6% of samples. Among-site variability in parasite prevalence was greater than among-year variability. The effect of agricultural land use on M. Inornatus prevalence had a high probability of being positively correlated at multiple spatial scales (probability of positive effect > 0.80). The effect of developed land use on M. Inornatus prevalence had a relatively high probability of being negatively correlated at multiple spatial scales (probability of negative effect > 0.70). Our results suggest that land use practices could be related to M. Inornatus infection of smallmouth bass. Further study will be necessary to determine whether disease dynamics are a consequence of effects on the host, alterations of instream habitat mediating invertebrate host dynamics and/or survival and dispersal of the parasite infective stage.",
author = "Schall, {Megan K.} and Blazer, {Vicki S.} and Walsh, {Heather L.} and Smith, {Geoffrey D.} and Timothy Wertz and Tyler Wagner",
note = "Funding Information: Graduate research support was provided through the U.S. Geological Survey's Chesapeake Bay Priority Ecosystems and Fisheries programs. Additional funding to support myxozoan research was provided by Pennsylvania SeaGrant through subaward 4742‐COP‐ NOAA‐0061 to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. We would like to thank all agency personnel from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Maryland Department of Natural Resources and West Virginia Division of Natural Resources who made fish collections possible. In addition, we would like to thank all volunteers and technicians who helped during sampling including Tyler Thompson and Lydia Neal. Special thanks and recognition are given to members of the fish histology laboratory at the U.S. Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, who processed fish tissue samples including Kathy Spring, Darlene Bowling and Adam Sperry. We would like to thank Dan Jones and Stephanie Gordon from the U.S. Geological Survey for providing land use summaries. All fish handling was conducted in agreement with The Pennsylvania State University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC # 42544). Use of trade names is for identification purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the US government. The data used in this manuscript are publicly available at https://figshare.com/ (doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare. 6727952). Funding Information: Graduate research support was provided through the U.S. Geological Survey's Chesapeake Bay Priority Ecosystems and Fisheries programs. Additional funding to support myxozoan research was provided by Pennsylvania SeaGrant through subaward 4742-COP-NOAA-0061 to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. We would like to thank all agency personnel from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Maryland Department of Natural Resources and West Virginia Division of Natural Resources who made fish collections possible. In addition, we would like to thank all volunteers and technicians who helped during sampling including Tyler Thompson and Lydia Neal. Special thanks and recognition are given to members of the fish histology laboratory at the U.S. Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, who processed fish tissue samples including Kathy Spring, Darlene Bowling and Adam Sperry. We would like to thank Dan Jones and Stephanie Gordon from the U.S. Geological Survey for providing land use summaries. All fish handling was conducted in agreement with The Pennsylvania State University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC # 42544). Use of trade names is for identification purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the US government. The data used in this manuscript are publicly available at https://figshare.com/ (doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.6727952). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd",
year = "2018",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1111/jfd.12878",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "41",
pages = "1689--1700",
journal = "Journal of Fish Diseases",
issn = "0140-7775",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "11",
}