Caribbean Spiny Lobsters Create Safe Havens
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Jamaica Observer] July 6, 2015
MIAMI, Untied States (CMC) – A new study has found that Caribbean spiny lobsters practice “behavioural immunity” to create safe havens that prevent them from contracting a lethal disease in the wild.
Associate Professor, Don Behringer, of the University of Florida (UF), worked with Old Dominion University Professor Mark Butler on the study that used data from a massive sponge die-off in the Florida Keys.
In the study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, scientists showed how the Caribbean spiny lobster uses a form of behavioural immunity to prevent the spread of the PaV1 virus, which takes a heavy toll on their populations.
“Increased infection risk has long been deemed ...
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