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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:contributor>Sarah R. Webster</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Nathan Wolf</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Jacob L. Gregg</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Paul Hershberger</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Bradley P. Harris</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2018</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;This report of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ichthyophonus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;in common sport-caught fishes throughout the marine waters of southcentral Alaska represents the first documentation of natural&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ichthyophonus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;infections in lingcod&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ophiodon elongates&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;and yelloweye rockfish&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sebastes ruberrimus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;. In addition, the known geographic range of&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ichthyophonus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;in black rockfish&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;S. melanops&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;has been expanded northward to include southcentral Alaska. Among all species surveyed, the infection prevalence was highest (35%, n = 334) in Pacific halibut&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Hippoglossus stenolepis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;. There were no gross indications of high-level infections or clinically diseased individuals. These results support the hypothesis that under typical conditions&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ichthyophonus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;can occur at high infection prevalence accompanied with low-level infection among a variety of fishes throughout the eastern North Pacific Ocean, including southcentral Alaska.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>10.3354/dao03218</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Inter-Research</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Ichthyophonus in sport-caught groundfishes from southcentral Alaska</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
</oai_dc:dc>