Project Information

Title: Investigations of Disease Factors Affecting Declines of Pacific Herring Populations: Manuscripts/Conference Attendance (Part B) 99162-B

Project Year and Number: 1999: 99162-B

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 1999: 99162-A, 1998: 98162, 1997: 97162, 1997: 97162-SUPP, 1996: 96162

Principal Investigator (PI): Chris Kennedy (Simon Fraser University)

Managing Agency: ADFG

Assisting Personnel: Tony Farrell

Research Location: Prince William Sound

Restoration Category: Research

Injured Resources Addressed: Pacific Herring

Abstract: This project will publish and present manuscripts of the results of Project /162 as they relate to effects of environmental contamination and disease on herring fitness. The effects of viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) virus, Ichthyophonus hoferi, and hydrocarbon exposure were examined to determine their role in population declines experienced by Pacific herring populations in Prince William Sound in 1993 and 1994. Both adult and juvenile herring were used to determine the effects of biochemistry, immunocompetence, performance and reproduction.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Final Report: View (629 KB)

Publications from this Project: None Available