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Managing marine disease emergencies in an era of rapid change

Maya L. Groner 1 Jeffrey Maynard 2, 3, 4 Rachel Breyta 5 Ryan B. Carnegie 6 Andy Dobson 7 Carolyn S. Friedman 5 Brett Froelich 8 Melissa Garren 9 Frances M. D. Gulland 10 Scott F. Heron 11, 12 Rachel T. Noble 8 Crawford W. Revie 1 Jeffrey D. Shields 6 Raphaël Vanderstichel 1 Ernesto Weil 13 Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria 14, 15 C. Drew Harvell 16
1 Centre for Veterinary Epidemiological Research
2 Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
3 LabEX CORAIL - Laboratoire d'Excellence CORAIL
4 CRIOBE - Centre de recherches insulaires et observatoire de l'environnement
5 School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
6 VIMS - Virginia Institute of Marine Science
7 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology [Princeton]
8 Institute of Marine Sciences
9 Department of Science and Environmental Policy [Monterey Bay]
10 The Marine Mammal Center
11 Coral Reef Watch
STAR - NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research
12 Marine Geophysical Laboratory
13 Department of Marine Sciences
14 CMES - Center for Marine and Environmental Studies
15 Friday Harbor Laboratories
16 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Abstract : Infectious marine diseases can decimate populations and are increasing among some taxa due to global change and our increasing reliance on marine environments. Marine diseases become emergencies when significant ecological, economic or social impacts occur. We can prepare for and manage these emergencies through improved surveillance, and the development and iterative refinement of approaches to mitigate disease and its impacts. Improving surveillance requires fast, accurate diagnoses, forecasting disease risk and real-time monitoring of disease-promoting environmental conditions. Diversifying impact mitigation involves increasing host resilience to disease, reducing pathogen abundance and managing environmental factors that facilitate disease. Disease surveillance and mitigation can be adaptive if informed by research advances and catalysed by communication among observers, researchers and decision-makers using information-sharing platforms. Recent increases in the awareness of the threats posed by marine diseases may lead to policy frameworks that facilitate the responses and management that marine disease emergencies require.
Keywords : adaptive management marine disease response plan surveillance impact mitigation environmental law
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Maya L. Groner, Jeffrey Maynard, Rachel Breyta, Ryan B. Carnegie, Andy Dobson, et al.. Managing marine disease emergencies in an era of rapid change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Royal Society, The, 2016, 371 (1689), ⟨10.1098/rstb.2015.0364⟩. ⟨hal-01282464⟩

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