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  <dc:contributor>Vicki S. Blazer</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Heather L. Walsh</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Geoffrey D. Smith</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Timothy Wertz</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Tyler Wagner</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Megan K. Schall</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2018</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;A myxozoan parasite,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Myxobolus inornatus,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;is one disease agent identified in young of the year (YOY) smallmouth bass in the Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania. We investigated spatial and temporal variability in&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M.&amp;nbsp;Inornatus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;prevalence across the Susquehanna River Basin and at several out-of-basin sites. We examined potential land use drivers of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M.&amp;nbsp;Inornatus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;prevalence including agricultural and developed land use. In 1,267 YOY smallmouth bass collected from 32 sites during 2013–2016,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M.&amp;nbsp;Inornatus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;was documented in 43.6% of samples. Among-site variability in parasite prevalence was greater than among-year variability. The effect of agricultural land use on&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M.&amp;nbsp;Inornatus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;prevalence had a high probability of being positively correlated at multiple spatial scales (probability of positive effect&amp;nbsp;&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;0.80). The effect of developed land use on&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M.&amp;nbsp;Inornatus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;prevalence had a relatively high probability of being negatively correlated at multiple spatial scales (probability of negative effect&amp;nbsp;&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;0.70). Our results suggest that land use practices could be related to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M.&amp;nbsp;Inornatus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;infection of smallmouth bass. Further study will be necessary to determine whether disease dynamics are a consequence of effects on the host, alterations of instream habitat mediating invertebrate host dynamics and/or survival and dispersal of the parasite infective stage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1111/jfd.12878</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Wiley</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Spatial and temporal variability of myxozoan parasite, Myxobolus inornatus, prevalence in young of the year smallmouth bass in the Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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