Science Nation: Dying Lobsters

Person's hand supporting a lobster underwater. Caption: (male) This animal is in the late stages of disease.

The Caribbean Spiny Lobster has been a mainstay of Florida’s seafood industry for decades, but the harvest went off a cliff about a decade ago, declining about 30%, and has never rebounded. Biologists think the culprit is a virus called PaV1. University of Florida Ecologist Don Behringer wants to know how this pathogen has spread so far and so fast.

(Source: DCMP)

Metadata

Files 1

  • Science Nation: Dying Lobsters

    Type:
    Video
    Format:
    Streaming
    Accommodations:
    English Audio Descriptions - Visual, English Captions - Auditory
    Languages:
    English
    License:
    OER
    Author:
    National Science Foundation
    Length:
    3 minutes