Habitat associations between Streptococcus bovis/equinus complex and Streptococcus phocae , the causative agents of strep syndrome in sea otters, and the marine environment

AbstractThe genus Klebsiella is seemingly ubiquitous in terms of its habitat associations. Klebsiella is a common opportunistic pathogen for humans and other animals, as well as being resident or transient flora (particularly in the gastrointestinal tract). Other habitats include sewage, drinking water, soils, surface waters, industrial effluents, and vegetation. Until recently, almost all these Klebsiella have been identified as one species, ie, K. pneumoniae. However, phenotypic and genotypic studies have shown that “K. pneumoniae” actually consists of at least four species, all with distinct characteristics and habitats. General habitat associations of Klebsiella species are as follows: K. pneumoniae—humans, animals, sewage, and polluted waters and soils; K. oxytoca—frequent association with most habitats; K. terrigena— unpolluted surface waters and soils, drinking water, and vegetation; K. planticola—sewage, polluted surface waters, soils, and vegetation; and K. ozaenae/K. rhinoscleromatis—infrequently detected (primarily with humans).

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Petroleum in the Marine Environment

Chemical & Engineering News ◽

10.1021/cen-v058n033.p022 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 58 (33) ◽

pp. 22

Keyword(s):

Marine Environment

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Miocene of the S.E. United States A Model for Chemical Sedimentation in A Peri-Marine Environment

10.1016/s0070-4571(08)x7031-1 ◽

1977 ◽

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Marine Environment

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Computers and Iatrocomplexities

Methods of Information in Medicine ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1636284 ◽

1966 ◽

Vol 05 (04) ◽

pp. 167-171 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

L. E. Faer

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Cigarette Smoke ◽

Environmental Pollutants ◽

Genetic Composition ◽

Koch’S Postulates ◽

Lung Malignancies ◽

Causative Agents ◽

Disease Study ◽

Multiple Etiology ◽

Great Advance

Developments of disease hypotheses and conceptions of disease as philosophic entities have shown bursts of great advance. One just concluded includes emergence of bacteriology and virology culminating in Koch’s Postulates, which in the twentieth century were primary bases for disease study and colored all approaches to medicine.With recent extraordinary advances in technology, medicine faces great new obligations demanding fresh approaches and untrammeled thinking for solution of problems posed. It is clear that any approach to diseases and disabilities induced by exposures to environmental pollutants must take multiple etiology into account. For example, contributing to causation of lung malignancies one must list usual dusts, radioactivity, smog, auto exhausts, cigarette smoke and genetic composition. Consideration of plural factors in genesis of environmentally associated disease leads to the hypothesis of the incremental insult, a complex and difficult conception in which must be included provision for multiple causative agents, each contributing but a fraction toward total etiology^ Computers developed to their present refinement provide necessary tools for whatever complexity required to spawn and fructify hypotheses of inter-relating associations of incremental insults leading to pathology.

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Novel infections of Corynosoma enhydri and Profilicollis sp. (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) identified in sea otters Enhydra lutris

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms ◽

10.3354/dao03442 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 137 (3) ◽

pp. 239-246 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

KM Shanebeck ◽

J Lakemeyer ◽

U Siebert ◽

K Lehnert

Keyword(s):

Enhydra Lutris ◽

Sea Otters

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Characterizing the impact of recovering sea otters on commercially important crabs in California estuaries

Marine Ecology Progress Series ◽

10.3354/meps13530 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 655 ◽

pp. 123-137

Author(s):

TM Grimes ◽

MT Tinker ◽

BB Hughes ◽

KE Boyer ◽

L Needles ◽

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Keyword(s):

Abiotic Factors ◽

Sea Otter ◽

Dungeness Crab ◽

Sea Otters ◽

Elkhorn Slough ◽

Enhydra Lutris Nereis ◽

Crab Abundance ◽

Population Sizes ◽

Commercially Important ◽

The Impact

Protective legislation and management have led to an increase in California’s sea otter Enhydra lutris nereis population. While sea otter recovery has been linked to ecosystem benefits, sea otter predation may negatively affect commercially valuable species. Understanding the potential influence of sea otters is of particular importance as their range expands into estuaries that function as nurseries for commercially valuable species like Dungeness crab Metacarcinus magister. We consider how sea otter predation has affected the abundance and size of juvenile Dungeness crab in Elkhorn Slough, California, USA, and analyzed cancrid crab abundance and size across 4 California estuaries with and without sea otters to understand how biotic and abiotic factors contribute to observed variation in crab size and abundance. We compared trends in southern sea otters relative to Dungeness crab landings in California to assess whether increasing sea otter abundance have negatively impacted landings. In Elkhorn Slough, juvenile Dungeness crab abundance and size have declined since 2012, coinciding with sea otter population growth. However, the impact of sea otters on juvenile Dungeness crab size was habitat-specific and only significant in unvegetated habitat. Across estuaries, we found that cancrid crab abundance and size were negatively associated with sea otter presence. While abiotic factors varied among estuaries, these factors explained little of the observed variation in crab abundance or size. Although we found evidence that sea otters can have localized effects on cancrid crab populations within estuaries, we found no evidence that southern sea otters, at recent population sizes, have negatively impacted Dungeness crab landings in California from 2000-2014.

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Spatial assemblage structure of shallow-water reef fish in Southwest Australia

Marine Ecology Progress Series ◽

10.3354/meps13445 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 649 ◽

pp. 125-140

Author(s):

DS Goldsworthy ◽

BJ Saunders ◽

JRC Parker ◽

ES Harvey

Keyword(s):

Shallow Water ◽

Reef Fish ◽

Marine Environment ◽

Fish Assemblages ◽

Canopy Cover ◽

Reef Fishes ◽

Reef Fish Assemblage ◽

Reef Type ◽

Present Distribution ◽

Southwest Australia

Bioregional categorisation of the Australian marine environment is essential to conserve and manage entire ecosystems, including the biota and associated habitats. It is important that these regions are optimally positioned to effectively plan for the protection of distinct assemblages. Recent climatic variation and changes to the marine environment in Southwest Australia (SWA) have resulted in shifts in species ranges and changes to the composition of marine assemblages. The goal of this study was to determine if the current bioregionalisation of SWA accurately represents the present distribution of shallow-water reef fishes across 2000 km of its subtropical and temperate coastline. Data was collected in 2015 using diver-operated underwater stereo-video surveys from 7 regions between Port Gregory (north of Geraldton) to the east of Esperance. This study indicated that (1) the shallow-water reef fish of SWA formed 4 distinct assemblages along the coast: one Midwestern, one Central and 2 Southern Assemblages; (2) differences between these fish assemblages were primarily driven by sea surface temperature, Ecklonia radiata cover, non-E. radiata (canopy) cover, understorey algae cover, reef type and reef height; and (3) each of the 4 assemblages were characterised by a high number of short-range Australian and Western Australian endemic species. The findings from this study suggest that 4, rather than the existing 3 bioregions would more effectively capture the shallow-water reef fish assemblage patterns, with boundaries having shifted southwards likely associated with ocean warming.

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PERAN DESIGNATED PERSON ASHORE (DPA) DALAM PENGOPERASIAN KAPAL YANG AMAN SESUAI KETENTUAN NASIONAL DAN INTERNASIONAL

JURNAL SAINS DAN TEKNOLOGI MARITIM ◽

10.33556/jstm.v20i1.212 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Suganjar Suganjar ◽

Renny Hermawati

Keyword(s):

Marine Environment ◽

Emergency Preparedness ◽

Safety Management ◽

Shipping Industry ◽

Safe Operation ◽

International Regulation ◽

Loss Of Life ◽

Shipping Company ◽

Environmental Protection Policy ◽

Human Injury

Safety management in the shipping industry is based on an international regulation. It is International Safety Management Code (ISM-Code) which is a translation of SOLAS ‘74 Chapter IX. It stated that the objectives of the Code are to ensure safety at sea, prevention of human injury or loss of life, and avoidance of damage to the environment, in particular, to the marine environment, and to property.it is also requires commitment from top management to implementation on both company and on board. The implementation of the ISM-Code is expected to make the ship’s safety is more secure. The ISM-Code fulfillment refers to 16 elements, there are; General; Safety and Environmental Protection Policy; Company Responsibility and Authority; Designated Person(s); Master Responsibility and Authority; Resources and Personnel; Shipboard Operation; Emergency Preparedness; Report and Analysis of Non-conformities, Accidents and Hazardous Occurrences; Maintenance of the Ship and Equipment; Documentation; Company Verification, Review, and Evaluation; Certification and Periodical Verification; Interim Certification; Verification; Forms of Certificate. The responsibility and authority of Designated Person Ashore / DPA in a shipping company is regulated in the ISM-Code. So, it is expected that DPA can carry out its role well, than can minimize the level of accidents in each vessels owned/operated by each shipping company.Keywords : ISM Code, Safety management, Designated Person Ashore Manajemen keselamatan di bidang pelayaran saat ini diimplementasikan dalam suatu peraturan internasional yaitu International Safety Management Code (ISM-Code) yang merupakan penjabaran dari SOLAS 74 Chapter IX-Management for the safe operation of ships. Tujuan dari ISM-Code “The objectives of the Code are to ensure safety at sea, prevention of human injury or loss of life, and avoidance of damage to the environment, in particular, to the marine environment, and to property” dan ISM-Code menghendaki adanya komitmen dari manajemen tingkat puncak sampai pelaksanaan, baik di darat maupun di kapal. Pemberlakuan ISM-Code tersebut diharapkan akan membuat keselamatan kapal menjadi lebih terjamin. Pemenuhan ISM-Code mengacu kepada 16 elemen yang terdiri dari ; umum; kebijakan keselamatan dan perlindungan lingkungan; tanggung jawab dan wewenang perusahaan; petugas yang ditunjuk didarat; tanggung jawab dan wewenang nahkoda; sumber daya dan personil; pengopersian kapal; kesiapan menghadapi keadaan darurat; pelaporan dan analisis ketidaksesuaian, kecelakaan dan kejadian berbahaya; pemeliharaan kapal dan perlengkapan; Dokumentasi; verifikasi, tinjauan ulang, dan evaluasi oleh perusahaan; sertifikasi dan verifikasi berkala; sertifikasi sementara; verifikasi; bentuk sertifikat. Tugas dan tanggungjawab Designated Person Ashore/DPA didalam suatu perusahaan pelayaran, telah diatur di dalam ISM-Code. Sehingga diharapkan agar DPA dapat melaksanakan peranannya dengan baik, sehingga dapat menekan tingkat kecelakaan di setiap armada kapal yang dimiliki oleh setiap perusahaan pelayaran.Kata kunci : ISM Code, Manajemen keselamatan, Designated Person Ashore

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