Fish Pathology Laboratory
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The Fish Pathology Laboratory conducts applied research to support the mission of monitoring and controlling fish diseases. This can include disease transmission studies, describing and charactering new disease agents, evaluating new techniques to diagnose fish diseases, and conducting surveillance studies for disease agents.
Publications by Year Range
2020 – Current
Polley, T. M., J.A. Ferguson, N. Hickey, S.R.M. Jones, A. Choudhury, J.S. Foott, and M.L. Kent. 2026. Review of major and minor pathogens of adult Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) in freshwater in the Pacific Northwest of North America. Pathogens. 15(1):87. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens15010087 
Marty, G.D., J.A. Ferguson, T.R. Meyers, T.B. Waltzek, M.L. Kent, and E. Soto. 2025. Pathogens from salmon aquaculture in relation to conservation of wild Pacific salmon in Canada: an alternative perspective. Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries. 5: e70079. https://doi.org/10.1002/aff2.70079
Gustafson, L., M. Remmenga., C. Duncan, C. Bliss, D. Bushek, R. B. Carnegie, C. Giray, T. Meyers, K. Davis, K. Hartman, and R. Elston. 2024. Risk-based valuation of surveillance data in open environments: Methods application to a key shellfish aquaculture production region. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. e13109.
Meyers, T.R., and W.N. Batts. 2024. Paramyxoviruses of fish. Chapter 19, Pgs. 307-314 [In] Kibenge, F. and Godoy, M. (eds) Aquaculture Virology. 2nd Edit, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91169-6.00030-3
Meyers, T.R., and N. Hickey. 2024. A perspective: molecular detections of new agents in finfish — interpreting biological significance for fish health management: response to comment. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 36(3):231–238. https://doi.org/10.1002/aah.10155
Gregg, J. L., P.K. Hershberger, A.S. Neat, H.T. Jayasekera, J.A. Ferguson, R.L. Powers, and M.K. Purcell. 2022. A phylogeny based on cytochrome-c oxidase gene sequences identifies sympatric Ichthyophonus genotypes in the NE Pacific Ocean. Diseases of aquatic organisms. 150:61-67. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03677
Meyers, T.R., and N. Hickey. 2022. A Perspective: Molecular Detections of New Agents in Finfish —Interpreting Biological Significance for Fish Health Management. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 34:47-57. https://doi.org/10.1002/aah.10155
Meyers, T.R., R. Morris, T.M. Jackson, J.N. Dissen, L.M. Slater, and M.L. Groner. 2022. Black eye syndrome and a systemic Rickettsia-like organism in Alaskan Chionoecetes spp. crabs, including normal eyestalk microanatomy. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 150:103-124. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03675
Ferguson, J., A. Kristmundsson, M.A. Freeman, S.D. Inglis, R. Burt, and T.R. Meyers. 2021. A case report and statewide surveillance of "weak meat" condition of Alaska weathervane scallops, Patinopecten caurinus, linked to a recently identified pathogenic parasite, Merocystis kathae (Apicomplexa: Aggregatidae). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 185:107668 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2021.107668
Hershberger, P.K., T.R. Meyers, J.L. Gregg, M.L. Groner, S.A. Hall, H.T. Jayasekera, A.H. MacKenzie, A.S. Neat, E.N. Piatt, and K.A. Garver. 2021. Annual recurrences of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia epizootics in age 0 Pacific herring Clupea pallasii Valenciennes, 1847. Animals. 11:2426. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11082426
Gorgoglione, B., C. Bailey, and J.A. Ferguson. 2020. Proliferative kidney disease in Alaskan salmonids with evidence that pathogenic myxozoans may be emerging north. International Journal for Parasitology. 50(10–11):797-807 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.03.010
2010 – 2019
Knupp, C., G.D. Wiens, M. Faisal, D.R. Call, K.D. Cain, P. Nicolas, D. Van Vliet, C. Yamashita, J.A. Ferguson, D. Meuninck, H. Hsu, B.B. Baker, L. Shen, and T.P. Loch. 2019. Large-scale analysis of Flavobacterium psychrophilum MLST genotypes recovered from North American salmonids indicates both newly identified and recurrent clonal complexes are associated with disease. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 85(6):e02305-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02305-18
Meyers, T.R., T. Burton, C. Bentz, J. Ferguson, D. Stewart, and N. Starkey. 2019. Diseases of wild and cultured fishes in Alaska, Commercial Fisheries Division, Juneau, Anchorage; 3rd edition.
Meyers, T.R., J. Ferguson, C. Bentz, and T. Burton. 2019. Case reports of phaeohyphomycoses in wild saffron cod Eleginus gracilis from rivers and estuaries of Norton Sound, Alaska, USA caused by several species of opportunistic fungi. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 135: 211-226. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03393
Purcell, M.K., R.L. Powers, J. Evered, J. Kerwin, T.R. Meyers, B. Stewart, and J.R. Winton. 2018. Molecular testing of adult Pacific salmon and trout (Oncorhynchus spp.) for several RNA viruses demonstrates widespread distribution of Piscine Orthoreovirus in Alaska and Washington. Journal of Fish Diseases. 41: 347-355. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.12740
Gustafson, L.L., L.H. Creekmore, K.R. Snekvik, J.A. Ferguson, J.V. Warg, M. Blair, T.R. Meyers, B. Stewart, K.I. Warheit, J. Kerwin, A.E. Goodwin, L.D. Rhodes, J.E. Whaley, M.K. Purcell, C. Bentz, D. Shasa, J. Bader, and J.R. Winton. 2017. A systematic surveillance programme for Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus supports its absence in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Journal of Fish Diseases. 41:337-346. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.12733
Kilada, R., J.B. Webb, K.W. McNeel, L.M. Slater, Q. Smith, J. Ferguson. 2017. Preliminary assessment of a direct age-determination method for 3 commercially important crustaceans from Alaska. Fisheries Bulletin. 115, 42-49. https://doi.org/10.7755/FB.115.1.4
Kuchta, R., M. Oros, J.A. Ferguson, and T. Scholz. 2017. Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense tapeworm larvae in salmon from North America. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 23(2), 351-352. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2302.161026
Sformo, T.L., B. Adams, J.C. Seigle, J.A. Ferguson, M.K. Purcell, R. Stimmelmayr, J.H. Welch, L.M. Ellis, J.C. Leppi, and J.C. George. 2017. Observations and first reports of saprolegniosis in Aanaakłiq, broad whitefish (Coregonus nasus), from the Colville River near Nuiqsut, Alaska. Polar Science. 14:78-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2017.07.002
Hershberger, P.K., J.L. Gregg, L.M. Hart, S. Moffitt, R. Brenner, K. Stick, E. Coonradt, T. Otis, J.J. Vollenweider, K.A. Garver, J. Lovy, and T.R. Meyers. 2016. The parasite Ichthyophonus sp. in Pacific herring from the coastal NE Pacific. Journal of Fish Diseases. 39: 395-410
Meyers, T.R., and W.N. Batts. 2016. Paramyxoviruses of Fish. Pgs. 259-265 [In] Kibenge, F., and M. Godoy. (eds) Aquaculture Virology, Academic Press.
Meyers, T.R. 2015. Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus, pgs 285-300 [In] Shapshak, P. et al. (eds.), Global Virology I - Identifying and Investigating Viral Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2410-3_11
Amos, K., L. Gustafson, J. Warg, J. Whaley, M. Purcell, J. Rolland, J. Winton, K. Snekvik, T. Meyers, B. Stewart, J. Kerwin, M. Blair, J. Bader, and J. Evered. 2014. U.S. Response to a report of Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus in western North America. Fisheries. 39 (11): 501-506. https://doi.org/10.1080/03632415.2014.967348
Meyers, T. R. 2014. Infection with Hematodinium. 6.2.5 [In] Fish Health Section Bluebook .
Meyers, T.R. 2014. Policies and Guidelines for Alaska Fish and Shellfish Health and Disease Control, 3rd edition. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Regional Information Report No. 5J14-04, Juneau.
Bentz, CR, C.I. Hogge, T.R. Meyers, and J.A. Ferguson. 2012. Myxobolus neurotropus infecting rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss in Alaska, a new geographic record. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 24: 225-231.
Lovy, J., N.L. Lewis, P.K. Hershberger, W. Bennett, T.R. Meyers, and K.A. Garver. 2012. Viral tropism and pathology associated with Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia in larval and juvenile Pacific herring. Veterinary Microbiology. 161: 66-76.
Meyers, T. 2010. Regulation changes, policies and guidelines for Alaska fish and shellfish health and disease control. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Regional Report Series No. 5J10-01, Juneau.
2000 – 2009
Meyers, T.R. (ed) 2009. Fish Pathology Section Laboratory Manual. Special Publications No. 12, 3rd edition, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, CF Division, Juneau, AK.
Meyers, T.R., T. Burton, W. Evans, and N. Starkey. 2009. Detection of viruses and virus-like particles in four species of wild and farmed bivalve molluscs in Alaska, USA from 1987 to 2009. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 88:1-12.
Meyers, T.R., and T. Burton. 2009. Diseases of wild and cultured shellfish in Alaska. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Commercial Fisheries Division, Juneau, Anchorage.
Hershberger, P.K., N.E. Elder, C.A. Grady, J.L. Gregg, C.A. Pacheco, C. Greene, C. Rice, and T.R. Meyers. 2009. Prevalence of Viral Erythrocytic Necrosis in Pacific herring and epizootics in Skagit Bay, Puget Sound, WA. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 21: 1-7.
Elston, R., and T.R. Meyers. 2009. Effect of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus on Pacific Herring in Prince William Sound, Alaska, from 1989 to 2005. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 83: 223-246.
Meyers, T.R., T. Burton, C. Bentz, and N. Starkey. 2008. Common diseases of wild and cultured fishes in Alaska. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Commercial Fisheries Division, Juneau, Anchorage.
Arsan, E.L., S.D. Atkinson, S.L. Hallett, T. Meyers, and J.L. Bartholomew. 2007. Expanded geographical distribution of Myxobolus cerebralis: first detections from Alaska. Journal of Fish Diseases. 30:483-491.
Meyers, T.R. 2007. First report of Erythrocytic Inclusion Body Syndrome (EIBS) in Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha in Alaska, USA. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 76:169-172.
Meyers, T.R. 2005 IX. Marteiliasis and Marteilioidiasis of shellfish. [In] Fook (PDF) . 2005 Edition.
Meyers, T.R. 2004. Standard necropsy procedures for finfish. [In] K. True (ed) National Wild Fish Health Survey - Laboratory Procedures Manual. Second Edition, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Anderson, CA.
Meyers, T. R. 2004. Disease transmission from cultured salmonids to wild fish stocks: perspectives on the Alaskan hatchery program. [In] R. C. Cipriano and I.S. Shchelkunov (eds) Health and Diseases of Aquatic Organisms: Bilateral Perspectives. Michigan University Press.
Burton, T.O., T.R. Meyers, N. Starkey, and J.E. Follett 2004. Experimental transmission of the fungus Phoma herbarum to Chinook salmon. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 16: 251-257.
Goodwin, A.E., J.E. Peterson, T.R. Meyers, and D.J. Money 2004. Transmission of exotic fish viruses: the relative risks of wild and cultured bait. Fisheries. 29: 19-23.
Meyers, T.R. 2003. Regulation Changes, Policies and Guidelines for Alaska Fish and Shellfish Health and Disease Control. Regional Information Rpt. No. 5J03-07. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Commercial Fisheries Division, Juneau, AK.
Elston, R., C. Dungan, T. Meyers, and K. Reece. 2003. Perkinsus sp. infection risk for Manila clams, Venerupis philippinarum (A. Adams and Reeve, 1850) on the Pacific coast of North and Central America. Journal Shellfish Research. 22: 1-5.
Marty, G.D., T. J. Quinn II, G. Carpenter, T.R. Meyers, and N.H. Willits. 2003. Role of disease in abundance of a Pacific herring population. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 60:1258- 1265.
Meyers, T.R., D. Korn, K. Glass, T. Burton, S. Short, K. Lipson and N. Starkey. 2003. Retrospective analysis of antigen prevalences of Renibacterium salmoninarum (Rs) detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in Alaskan Pacific salmon and trout from 1988 to 2000 and management of Rs in hatchery Chinook and coho salmon. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 15: 101-110.
Meyers, T.R., D. Korn, T.M. Burton, K. Glass, J.E. Follett, J.B. Thomas, J. Sullivan, N. Starkey, S. Short, and K. Lipson. 2003. Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHNV) in Alaskan sockeye salmon culture from 1973 to 2000: annual virus prevalences and titers in broodstocks compared with juvenile losses. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 15: 21-30.
Emmenegger, E.J., T.R. Meyers, T. Burton, and G. Kurath. 2000. Genetic diversity and epidemiology of Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus in Alaska. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 40: 163-176.
1990 – 1999
Meyers, T.R., Short, S., and K. Lipson. 1999. Isolation of the North American strain of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus (VHSV) associated with epizootic mortality in two new host species of Alaskan marine fishes. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 38: 81-86.
Hershberger, P.K., Kocan, R.M., Elder, N.E., Meyers, T.R., and J.R. Winton. 1999. Epizootiology of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus in Pacific herring from the spawn-on-kelp fishery in Alaska, USA. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 37: 23-31.
Boustead, N., Pascho, R., Elliott, D., and T. Meyers. 1999. Data on New Zealand salmon samples examined for Renibacterium salmoninarum by United States laboratories. National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd, Christchurch, NZ. Client report No. CHC99/8, Project No. SCF9053, May, 1999.
Meyers, T.R., F. Thrower, S. Short, K. Lipson, J. Joyce, C. Farrington, and S. Doherty. 1999. Different prevalences of Renibacterium salmoninarum detected by ELISA in Alaskan Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha spawned from freshwater and seawater. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 35:101-105.
Carls, M.G., Marty, G.D., Meyers, T.R., Hinton, D.E., Thomas, R.E., and S.D. Rice. 1998. Expression of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus in prespawning Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) exposed to weathered crude oil. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 55: 2300-2309.
Marty, G.D., E.F. Freiberg, T.R. Meyers, J. Wilcock, T. Farver, and D. Hinton. 1998. Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus, Ichthyophonus hoferi, and other causes of morbidity in Pacific herring Clupea pallasii spawning in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 32: 15-40.
Meyers, T.R. 1998. Healthy juvenile sockeye salmon reared in virus-free hatchery water return as adults infected with IHNV: a case report and review of controversial issues in the epizootiology of IHNV. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 10: 172-181.
Kocan, R., M. Bradley, N. Elder, T. Meyers, B. Batts, and J. Winton. 1997. North American strain of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus is highly pathogenic for laboratory-reared Pacific herring. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 9: 279-290.
Meyers, T.R. (ed) 1997. Fish Pathology Section Laboratory Manual. Special Publications No. 12, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, CFMD Division, Juneau, AK
Follett, J.E., T.R. Meyers, T.O. Burton, and J.L. Geesin. 1997. Comparative susceptibilities of several salmonid species in Alaska to Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHNV) and North American Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus (VHSV). Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 9: 34-40.
Meyers, T.R., J.F. Morado, A.K. Sparks, G.H. Bishop, T. Pearson, D. Urban, and D. Jackson. 1996. The distribution of bitter crab syndrome in Tanner crabs (Chionoecetes bairdi, C. opilio) from the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 26: 221-227.
Meyers, T.R. and J.R. Winton. 1996. Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus in North America. Annual Review of Fish Diseases. 5: 3-24.
Follett. J.E. and T.O. Burton. 1995. Epizootics of Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus in an enhanced population of sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka smolts at Chenik Lake, Alaska. Alaska Fisheries Research Bulletin. 2: 137-142.
McDaniel, T.R., K.M. Pratt, T.R. Meyers, T.D. Ellison, J.E. Follett, and J.A. Burke. 1994. Alaska Sockeye Culture Manual. Spec. Fish. Rpt. No. 6, Alaska Dept. Fish and Game, Juneau, 39 pp.
Meyers, T.R., S. Short, K. Lipson, W.N. Batts, J.R. Winton, J. Wilcock, and E. Brown. 1994. Association of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus with epizootic hemorrhages of the skin in Pacific herring Clupea harengus pallasii from Prince William Sound and Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 19:27-37.
Meyers, T.R., D.V. Lightner, and R.M. Redman. 1994. A dinoflagellate-like parasite in Alaskan spot, Pandalus platyceros, and pink, P. borealis, shrimp. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 18: 71-76.
Follett, J.E., J.L. Geesin, and T.O. Burton. 1994. Detection of Ceratomyxa shasta in Alaskan chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta. Alaska Fisheries Research Bulletin. 1: 97-98.
Oshima, K.H., K.H. Higman, C.K. Arakawa, P. de Kinkelin, P.E. Vestergard Jorgensen, T.R Meyers, and J.R. Winton. 1993. Genetic comparison of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus isolates from North America and Europe. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 17: 73- 80.
Boustead, N.C., T.R. Meyers, and S. Short. 1993. Absence of Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHNV) in New Zealand sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 27: 55-60.
Meyers, T.R., S. Short, C. Farrington, K. Lipson, H.J. Geiger, and R. Gates. 1993. Comparison of the enzyme- linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and the fluorescent antibody test (FAT) for measuring the prevalences and levels of Renibacterium salmoninarum in wild and hatchery stocks of salmonid fishes in Alaska, USA. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 16: 181-189.
Meyers, T.R., S. Short, C. Farrington, K. Lipson, H.J. Geiger, and R. Gates. 1993. Establishment of a negative-positive threshold optical density value for the enzyme- linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect soluble antigen of Renibacterium salmoninarum in Alaskan Pacific salmon. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 16: 191-197.
Rutecki, L. and T.R. Meyers. 1992. Mortality of juvenile sablefish captured by hand-jigging and traps. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 12: 836-837
Meyers, T.R., J. Sullivan, E. Emmenegger, J. Follett, S. Short, W.N. Batts, and J.R. Winton. 1992. Identification of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus isolated from Pacific cod Gadus macrocephalus in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 12: 167-175.
Eaton, W.D., D.C. Love, C. Botelho, T.R. Meyers, K. Imamura, and T. Koeneman. 1991. Preliminary results on the seasonality and life cycle of the parasitic dinoflagellate causing bitter crab disease in Alaskan Tanner crabs (Chionoecetes bairdi). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 57: 426-434.
Eaton, W.D., M.L. Kent, and T.R. Meyers. 1991. Coccidia, X-cell pseudotumors and Ichthyophonus sp. infection in walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) from Auke Bay, Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 27: 140-143.
Meyers, T.R., J. Sullivan, E. Emmenegger, J. Follett, S. Short, W.N. Batts, and J.R. Winton. 1991. Isolation of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus from Pacific cod Gadus macrocephalus in Prince William Sound, Alaska, pgs 83-91 In Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Viruses of Lower Vertebrates, Corvallis, OR
Meyers, T.R., S. Short, and W. Eaton. 1990. Summer mortalities and incidental parasitisms of cultured Pacific oysters in Alaska. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 2: 172-176.
Meyers, T.R., C. Botelho, T.M. Koeneman, S. Short, and K. Imamura 1990. Distribution of bitter crab dinoflagellate syndrome in southeast Alaskan Tanner crabs Chionoecetes bairdi. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 9: 37-43.
Meyers, T.R., J.B. Thomas, J.E. Follett and R.R. Saft. 1990. Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus: Trends in prevalence and the risk management approach in Alaskan sockeye salmon culture. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 2: 85-98.
Meyers, T.R., S. Short, and W. Eaton. 1990. Diseases of five commercial crab species in Southeast Alaska, pgs 407-420 In Cheng, C. and F. Perkins, (eds) Pathology in Marine Science, Academic Press, New York.
Meyers, T.R. 1990. Diseases of crustacea - diseases due to protistans and metazoans, pgs 350-389 In Kinne, O (ed) Diseases of Marine Animals Vol. III, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Hamburg, Germany.
Follett, J.E. and M.K. Schmitt. 1990. Characterization of a cell line derived from inconnu. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 2: 61-67.
1976 – 1989
Weiland, K.A. and T.R. Meyers. 1989. Histopathology of Diphyllobothrium ditremum plerocercoids in coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 6: 175-178.
Meyers, T.R. 1989. Apparent chronic bacterial myeloencephalitis in hatchery-reared juvenile coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch in Alaska. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 6:217-219.
Meyers, T.R., P. Krasnowski, D. Amend, B. Bachen, J. Cochran, K. Hauck, K. Rawson, and R. Saft. 1988. Regulation changes, policies and guidelines for Alaska fish and shellfish health and disease control. Spec. FRED Rpt, Alaska Dept. Fish and Game. 72pp.
Winton, J.R., C.N. Lannan, J.L. Fryer, R.P. Hedrick, T.R. Meyers , J.A. Plumb, and T. Yamamoto. 1987. Morphological and biochemical properties of four members of a novel group of reoviruses isolated from aquatic animals. Journal of General Virology. 68: 353-364.
Hawkes, C.R., T.R. Meyers, and T.C. Shirley. 1987. Growth of Alaskan blue king crabs, Paralithodes platypus (Brandt), parasitized by the Rhizocephalan, Briarosaccus callosus Boschma. Crustaceana. 52:78-84.
Meyers, T.R., T.M. Koeneman, C. Botelho, and S. Short. 1987. Bitter Crab Disease: a fatal dinoflagellate infection and marketing problem for Alaskan Tanner crabs Chionoecetes bairdi. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 3: 195-216.
Follett, J.E., J.B. Thomas, and A.K. Hauck. 1987. Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus in moribund and dead juvenile chum, Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum), and Chinook, O. tshawytscha (Walbaum) salmon and spawning adult chum salmon at an Alaskan hatchery. Journal of Fish Diseases. 10: 309-313.
Hawkes, C.R., T.R. Meyers, T.C. Shirley, and T.M. Koeneman. 1986. Prevalence of the parasitic barnacle Briarosaccus callosus on king crabs of Southeastern Alaska. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 115: 252-257.
Meyers, T.R., A.K. Hauck, W.D. Blankenbeckler, and T. Minicucci. 1986. First report of viral erythrocytic necrosis in Alaska, USA, associated with epizootic mortality in Pacific herring, Clupea harengus pallasii (Valenciennes) J. Fish. Dis. 9: 479-491.
Burke, J., R. Grischkowsky. 1984. An epizootic caused by infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus in an enhanced population of sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum), smolts at Hidden Creek, Alaska. Journal of Fish Diseases. 7: 421-429.
Burke, J. and D. Mulcahy. 1983. Retention of Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus infectivity in fish tissue homogenates and fluids stored at three temperatures. Journal of Fish Diseases. 6: 543-547.
Grischkowsky, R.S. and D.F. Amend. 1976. Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus: prevalence in certain Alaskan sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 33: 186-188.