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Hindi Short Communication, J Mar Biol Oceanogr Vol: 2 Issue: 2
Short-Term Variation in the Abundance of Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in a Tidal Estuary
| Matt Rhodes1, Hemalatha Bhaskaran2 and John Jacobs3* | |
| 1JHT, Inc., NOAA/NCCOS Cooperative Oxford Lab, Oxford, MD 21654, USA | |
| 2James M. Bennett High School, Salisbury, MD 21801, USA | |
| 3NOAA/NCCOS/Cooperative Oxford Lab, Oxford, MD 21654, USA | |
| Corresponding author : John Jacobs NOAA/NCCOS Cooperative Oxford Lab, 904 South Morris Street, Oxford, MD 21654, USA Tel: 410-226-5193-135; Fax: 410-226-5925; E-mail: john.jacobs@noaa.gov |
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| Received: January 31, 2013 Accepted: March 29, 2013 Published: April 05, 2013 | |
| Citation: Rhodes M, Bhaskaran H, Jacobs J (2013) Short-Term Variation in the Abundance of Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in a Tidal Estuary. J Mar Biol Oceanogr 2:2. doi:10.4172/2324-8661.1000109 |
Abstract
Short-Term Variation in the Abundance of Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in a Tidal Estuary
We examined the influence of tide stage and depth on the abundance of Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the Chesapeake Bay. Samples were collected every 3 hours following predicted tides at a fixed location over 3 separate days and Vibrio concentrations analyzed by qPCR. Multi-way Analysis of Variance suggest that sampling day explains the vast majority of the variance in abundance for both species (p<0.0001) with limited influence of tide and depth. The physio-chemical parameters that define a sampling day were further explored with environmental gradient analysis.
