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Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month – March 2012

Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month – March 2012

Posted by on Mar 15, 2012 in Featured, Under the Microscope | 2 comments

This month’s Parasite of the Month represents a finding so common during cetacean necropsies that its effect and significance can be...

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Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month – Answer February 2012

Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month – Answer February 2012

Posted by on Mar 15, 2012 in Featured, Under the Microscope | 0 comments

The parasite is Nasitrema attenuata. The distinguishing characteristics include compatible length and maximum width, lack of pre-acetabular...

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Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month – Case February 2012

Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month – Case February 2012

Posted by on Feb 2, 2012 in Featured, Under the Microscope | 1 comment

Our second case is another marine mammal classic.  I was surprised when I first started looking at these parasites how much I had heard...

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Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month – Answer January 2012

Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month – Answer January 2012

Posted by on Feb 2, 2012 in Featured, Under the Microscope | 2 comments

Answer month 1: Anisakis species These are roundworms or nematodes.  The first clue was obscured in the original post (didn’t think...

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Sea Turtles! Part 2: Disease, Predators and Conservation

Posted by on Jul 25, 2011 in Featured, Teaching, Volunteers | 1 comment

  As you may have read in my previous blog (Sea Turtles Part 1) or in Alexa’s blog (New England Aquarium Adventure), the...

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