Authors
Mingli Zhao, Donald C Behringer, Jamie Bojko, Andrew S Kough, Louis Plough, Camila Prestes dos Santos Tavares, Alfonso Aguilar-Perera, Omar Shamir Reynoso, Govind Seepersad, Omardath Maharaj, Matthew B Sanders, Daniela Carnales, Graciela Fabiano, Daniel Carnevia, Mark A Freeman, Nicole AM Atherley, Lexa D Medero-Hernández, Eric J Schott
Publication date
2020/8/13
Journal
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Volume
647
Pages
123-133
Description
Among the many Callinectes spp. across the western Atlantic, the blue crab C. sapidus has the broadest latitudinal distribution, encompassing both tropical and temperate climates. Its life history varies latitudinally, from extended overwintering at high latitudes to year-round activity in tropical locations. Callinectes sapidus reovirus 1 (CsRV1) is a pathogenic virus first described in North Atlantic C. sapidus and has recently been detected in southern Brazil. Little information exists about CsRV1 prevalence at intervening latitudes or in overwintering blue crabs. Using a quantitative reverse transcription PCR (RT-qPCR) method, this study investigated CsRV1 prevalence in C. sapidus across latitudinal differences in temperature and crab life history, as well as in additional Callinectes spp. and within overwintering C. sapidus. CsRV1 prevalence in C. sapidus was significantly correlated with high water temperature and …
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M Zhao, DC Behringer, J Bojko, AS Kough, L Plough… - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2020