Co-edited by researchers from Bigelow Laboratory, Hakai Institute, and the USGS Western Fisheries Research Center, a special edition of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B provides a timely examination of new tools, collaborations, and discoveries for understanding the role and impact of diseases — and how to manage them — in marine ecosystems.
Articles in the issue examine emerging pathogens, recent methodological advances, the increasing role of climate change, opportunities for ecosystem-based management, and guidelines for investigating new diseases.
Pictured are snow crabs held for an experiment at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Facility in Kodiak, Alaska, for a project on the progression of black eye syndrome at different temperatures.
