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SUBMITTER: Pernet F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3925110 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pernet Fabrice F Lagarde Franck F Jeannée Nicolas N Daigle Gaetan G Barret Jean J Le Gall Patrik P Quere Claudie C D'orbcastel Emmanuelle Roque ER
PloS one 20140214 2
Although spatial studies of diseases on land have a long history, far fewer have been made on aquatic diseases. Here, we present the first large-scale, high-resolution spatial and temporal representation of a mass mortality phenomenon cause by the Ostreid herpesvirus (OsHV-1) that has affected oysters (Crassostrea gigas) every year since 2008, in relation to their energetic reserves and the quality of their food. Disease mortality was investigated in healthy oysters deployed at 106 locations in ...[more]