Distribution and abundance of the seagrass parasite Plasmodiophora diplantherae infecting Halodule wrightii in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico.
Patrick Biber (USM), Tim Sherman (USA), and Allison Walker (Acadia U)
Learn about a disease affecting shoalgrass in the Gulf of Mexico and how researchers at the University of Southern Mississippi's Gulf Coast Research Laboratory and the Department of Biology at the University of South Alabama are investigating its effects. This research was funded through a Program Development award (R/HCE-05-PD) from the Mississippi-Alabama Seagrant Program.