Viral nervous necrosis caused by nervous necrosis virus (NNV) exacts a high mortality and results in huge economic losses in grouper aquaculture in Taiwan. The present study developed a real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) method for NNV monitoring. The assay showed a strong linear correlation (r(2) = 0.99) between threshold cycle (C(T)) and RNA quantities, which allowed identification of infected...

Rabbitfishes (Siganids) fishing activities tend to increase and potentially impact fish target ecosystem, which is indicated by changes in population size structure the trophic level of catches. Scientific information on Siganids techniques its ecological are limited. The aims study are: (1) describe technical aspects fishery; (2) estimate parameters length at first maturity (Lm) as catch limit...

The Indo-pacific panther grouper (Chromileptes altiveli) is a predatory fish species and popular imported aquarium fish in the United States which has been recently documented residing in western Atlantic waters. To date, the most successful marine invasive species in the Atlantic is the lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles), which, as for the panther grouper, is assumed to have been introduced to ...

Background UNU-Casemix Grouper is software used for grouping inpatient and outpatient cases into Case Base Group (CBG). UNU-Casemix can be used to enhance quality and efficiency of healthcare services. Hospital Information System (HIS) is used to collect all the patient-level data in a hospital that can be used to improve performance of a hospital. HIS also captures all of the patient’s demogra...

Biotic resistance is the idea that native species negatively affect the invasion success of introduced species. We tested the hypothesis that native grouper are controlling the abundance of exotic lionfish on Caribbean coral reefs by assessing the relationship between the density and biomass of lionfish and native predators at 71 reefs in three biogeographic regions. Our results indicated that:...

Fish iridoviruses cause systemic diseases with high mortality in various species of wild and farm-raised fish, resulting in severe economic losses. In 1998, we isolated a new epizootic iridovirus in cultured grouper (Epinephelus sp.) in Taiwan, thus named as grouper iridovirus of Taiwan (TGIV). We report here the cloning of TGIV major capsid protein (MCP). Phylogenetic analysis of the iridovira...