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Summary: Characteristics of Marine Aggregates in Shallow-water
Ecosystems: Implications for Disease Ecology
M. Maille Lyons,1
Yuk-Ting Lau,2
Wade E. Carden,2
J. Evan Ward,1
Steven B. Roberts,3
Roxanna Smolowitz,4
Joseph Vallino,4
and Bassem Allam2
1
Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT 06340, USA
2
Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
3
School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
4
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Abstract: Marine aggregates were evaluated for their potential role in the ecology of aquatic pathogens using
underwater video surveys coupled with direct collection of aggregates in modified settling cones. Six locations,
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