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Histological and molecular testing of nuclear inclusion X in Pacific Razor clams from select locations in Washington, USA

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2013-07-22
End Date
2021-07-10

Citation

Groner, M.L., Hershberger, P.K., Fradkin, S.C., Conway, C.M., Hawthorn, A.C., Purcell, M.K., and Powers, R.L., 2022, Histological and molecular testing of nuclear inclusion X in Pacific Razor clams from select locations in Washington, USA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9IV2C3L.

Summary

Nuclear inclusion X (NIX), the etiological agent of bacterial gill disease in Pacific razor clams (Siliqua patula) was associated with host mortality events in coastal Washington, USA during the mid-1980s. Ongoing observations of truncated razor clam size distributions in Kalaloch Beach, Washington raised concerns that NIX continues to impact populations. We conducted a series of spatial and longitudinal NIX surveillances, examined archived razor clam gill tissue, and used population estimates from stock assessments to test whether: a) the prevalence and intensity of NIX infections is higher at Kalaloch Beach relative to nearby beaches b) infected gill tissue has features consistent with historical descriptions of NIX-associated histopathology, [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Rachel L Powers
Originator :
Maya L Groner, Paul K Hershberger, Steven C Fradkin, Carla M Conway, Aine M Hawthorn, Maureen K Purcell, Rachel L Powers
Metadata Contact :
Rachel L Powers
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Western Fisheries Research Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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NIX Razor Clam WA Metadata.xml
“Metadata describing data collected on NIX in Pacific razor clams collected in WA”
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		37.41 KB application/fgdc+xml
NIX Razor Clam Histology.csv
“Histology data collected from Pacific razor clam tissue samples” 		13.75 KB text/csv
NIX Sample Site Coordinates.csv
“Locations of the razor clam sample sites” 		237 Bytes text/csv
NIX Spatial qPCR.csv
“Copies of NIX DNA in Pacific razor clam tissue samples at different sites” 		20.26 KB text/csv
NIX Temporal qPCR.csv
“Copies of NIX DNA in Pacific razor clam samples collected over multiple years” 		21.89 KB text/csv

Purpose

To evaluate the effect of nuclear inclusion X (NIX) infections on Pacific razor clam populations in coastal Washington

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9IV2C3L

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