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NOAA/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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Oxford, MD
In:
John.Jacobs@noaa.gov
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http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/14808
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403
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2014-02-27 20:52:28
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14808
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United States National Ocean Service
Publication Date:
2021-06-25
Description:
Vibrio vulnificus is a gram-negative pathogenic bacterium endemic to coastal waters worldwide, and a leading cause of seafood related mortality. Because of human health concerns, understanding the ecology of the species and potentially predicting its distribution is of great importance. We evaluated and applied a previously published qPCR assay to water samples (n = 235) collected from the main-stem of the Chesapeake Bay (2007 – 2008) by Maryland and Virginia State water quality monitoring programs. Results confirmed strong relationships between the likelihood of Vibrio vulnificus presence and both temperature and salinity that were used to develop a logistic regression model. The habitat model demonstrated a high degree of concordance (93%), and robustness as subsequent bootstrapping (n=1000) did not change model output (P 〉 0.05). We forced this empirical habitat model with temperature and salinity predictions generated by a regional hydrodynamic modeling system to demonstrate its utility in future pathogen forecasting efforts in the Chesapeake Bay.
Keywords:
Ecology
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Fisheries
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Pollution
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
monograph
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
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