Journal
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
Volume 186, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2020.107500
Keywords
Disease; Pathogen; Parasite; Fishery; Aquaculture; Human; Climate
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Funding
- National Science Foundation [1658396]
- University of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
- Division Of Ocean Sciences
- Directorate For Geosciences [1658396] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The article discusses the ecological and economic significance of crustaceans, emphasizing the link between crustacean, human, and environmental health. It highlights the importance of a One Health approach for managing and conserving crustacean populations.
Crustaceans permeate every habitat on Earth but are especially impactful in the marine environment. They can be small and extremely abundant like the ubiquitous marine copepods found throughout the world's oceans, or large and highly prized by fishermen like spiny lobsters found in tropical and temperate seas, globally. The latter are among the decapod crustaceans, a group which includes crabs, shrimps, and lobsters -those targeted most commonly by fishery and aquaculture industries. Hence, crustaceans are ecologically important, but they are also directly linked to the economic and nutritional health of human populations. To most effectively manage and conserve crustacean populations in the face of a changing ocean environment, whether they are harvested or not, requires a One Health approach that underscores the linkages between crustacean, human, and environmental health. Here, we give an overview of the need, benefits, and challenges to taking the One Health approach to crustacean health and argue that when viewed through the One Health lens, there is perhaps no other group of marine animals more worthy of that perspective.
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