THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON THE PROGRESSION OF HAPLOSPORIDIUM NELSONI (MSX) IN CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA (AMERICAN OYSTER) ON CAPE BRETON ISLAND, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA

• Main Author: Beresford, Roderick
• Other Authors: Department of Biology, Doctor of Philosophy, Dr. Jeff Davidson, Dr. Sophia Stone, Dr. Hal Whitehead, Dr. Ramon Filgueira, Dr. Paul Bentzen, Dr. Neil Ross, Not Applicable, Yes
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Crassostrea virginica; Eastern oyster; MSX; Haplosporidium nelsoni; parasite; Breton Island; Canada
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/76352

In the late 1950s, oyster populations in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays suffered mortality from the parasite, Haplosporidium nelsoni that is now present from Florida to Maine. In 2001 and 2002, H. nelsoni caused oyster mortality in the Bras d’Or Lake, Cape Breton, N.S. Temperature and food availab...