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Branch	Study Plan	Study Title	Primary Investigator	Status
FHB	01016-01	Detection of transmissible agents in Iron River NFH lake trout moralities	McAllister, Philip E., II	Completed
FHB	01060-03	Determining the prevalence of IPNV in brook trout during embryonic development	McAllister, Philip E., II	Completed
FHB	01061-03	Development of DNA primers to identify a Romet-resistance gene in Aeromonas salmonicida and its subsequent use for epidemiological studies	Starliper, Clifford E.	Completed
FHB	01063-12	Studies to determine if Renibacterium salmoninarum culture metabolite will enhance its virulence	Starliper, Clifford E.	Completed
FHB	01063-13	Comparison of serum free broth media for growth of Renibacterium salmoninarum	Starliper, Clifford E.	Completed
FHB	01064-07	Susceptibility of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus) to viruses associated with white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus)	McAllister, Philip E., II	Completed
FHB	01064-08	Whirling disease research	Blazer, Vicki S.	Completed
FHB	01066-05	Evaluation of selected histologic and immunologic biomarkers in fish collected for the BEST pilot program in the Mississippi drainage	Blazer, Vicki S.	Completed
FHB	01066-06	Histologic assessment of ultraviolet-B radiation effects on boreal toads, other amphibians and selected fish species	Blazer, Vicki S.	Completed
FHB	01066-07	Piscine gonadal morphology as a biomarker for environmental contaminant effects in endocrine disruption studies	Densmore, Christine	Completed
FHB	01066-08	Immune, reproductive and histologic Biomarker evaluation in fish collected for the Columbia and Rio Grande River basin BEST Program, 1997	Blazer, Vicki S.	Completed
FHB	01066-09	Lake Erie ecological investigations	Baumann, Paul C.	Completed
FHB	01066-10	Health of bullhead in an urban fishery after remedial dredging	Baumann, Paul C.	Completed
FHB	01067-02	Assessment of spatial and temporal distribution of genetic diversity in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)	Schill, Bane (William)	Completed
FHB	01067-03	Inheritability of resistance of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV)	McAllister, Philip E., II	Completed
FHB	01068-03	Studies to evaluate the potential for mutual bacterial pathogen transfer in freshwater mussels and salmonid fishes	Starliper, Clifford E.	Completed
FHB	01068-04	Evaluation of the genetic diversity of Flavobacterium psychrophilum from various origins	Starliper, Clifford E.	Completed
FHB	01068-05	Assessment of effects of chronic low-level virus exposure on salmonid and non-salmonid fishes	McAllister, Philip E., II	Completed
FHB	01068-06	Detection of fish viruses in natural and effluent waters	McAllister, Philip E., II	Completed
FHB	01068-07	Virulence of selected salmonid-pathogenic bacteria in Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus)	Starliper, Clifford E.	Completed
FHB	01068-08	Susceptibility of arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) to infectious hematopoietic necrosis virsus (IHNV) and infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV)	McAllister, Philip E., II	Completed
FHB	01071-01	Determination of bacterial species distributions in water and biofilms by molecular genetic assay	Schill, Bane (William)	Completed
FHB	01072-01	Resistance of Atlantic salmon to major bacterial pathogens of Atlantic salmon	Cipriano, Rocco C.	Completed
FHB	01072-02	Fish heal parameters associated with ecological survival of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and their subsequent restoration in New England Rivers. Study 2: Detection of covert Aeromonas salmonicida infection in Atlantic salmon and other salmonids	Cipriano, Rocco C.	Completed
FHB	01072-03	Enhanced survival of Atlantic salmon after vaccination against furunculosis	Cipriano, Rocco C.	Completed
FHB	01072-04	Prevalence and contagion of Aeromonas salmonicida based on interactions between hatchery and free-ranging fish	Cipriano, Rocco C.	Completed
FHB	01072-05	Further investigations on the nature of vertical transmission of Aeromonas salmonicida	Cipriano, Rocco C.	Completed
FHB	01072-06	Relationship between bacterial pathogens and survival among mature, sea-run Atlantic salmon	Cipriano, Rocco C.	Completed
FHB	01072-07	Pathology and mortality associated with newly emergent fry from Penobscot and Downeast river stocks of Atlantic salmon	Cipriano, Rocco C.	Completed
FHB	01072-08	Detection and transmission of a retrovirus disease from valuable brood stock among Atlantic salmon from the Pleasant River	Cipriano, Rocco C.	Completed
FHB	01072-09	Use of Chloramine T as a topical disinfectant to reduce bacterial flora on the skin of mature, sea-run Atlantic salmon	Cipriano, Rocco C.	Completed
FHB	01073-01	Morphological and functional characterization of the immune response of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)	Densmore, Christine	Completed
FHB	01074	Hematology and plasma and chemistry values for rainbow trout	Densmore, Christine	Completed
FHB	01075	Investigations on fish health in selected tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay and linkages to water quality, land use and other environmental factors	Blazer, Vicki S.	Completed
FHB	01076	New methods for control of zebra mussels and Asian clams: effect of carbon dioxide and gas supersaturation on stress and survivorship	Watten, Barnaby	Active
FHB	01077	Production of monoclonal antibodies for immunoassay development and protein purification	Ottinger, Chris	Completed
FHB	01078-01	Influences of environmental factors, point source pollution and pathogen distribution on fish health issues in the Chesapeake Bay: 1) Menhaden lesions	Blazer, Vicki S.	Completed
FHB	01078-02	Influences of environmental factors, point source pollution and pathogen distribution on fish health issues in the Chesapeake Bay: 2) Mycobacterial lesions in striped bass	Ottinger, Chris	Completed
FHB	01079	Development of monoclonal antibodies to infectious salmon anemia (ISAV) and partial characterization of ISAV antigens recognized by Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) antibodies	Ottinger, Chris	Completed
FHB	01080	Assessing the risk posed to native Atlantic salmon in Maine by escapement of European salmon with emphasis on the potential for outbreeding depression	Starliper, Clifford E.	Active
FHB	01081	Furunculosis epidemics in Arctic char: effects of density and culling	Starliper, Clifford E.	Completed
FHB	01082	Annual Eastern Fish Health Workshop	Cipriano, Rocco C.	Active
FHB	01083	Development of a model to produce (systemic) columnaris disease in selected cool- and warmwater fishes and its use to evaluate the efficacy of oxytetracycline therapy to control mortality	Starliper, Clifford E.	Completed
FHB	01084	Detection of Infectious salmon anemia (ISA) virus: a novel pathogen to safeguard against the introduction of disease among Atlantic salmon in New England	Cipriano, Rocco C.	Completed
FHB	01085	Determination of Gender of White Sturgeon by Molecular Methods	Schill, Bane (William)	Completed
FHB	01086	Prevalence of Tumors in Brown Bullhead from Cape Cod Ponds	Baumann, Paul C.	Completed
FHB	01087	Development of Advanced Molecular Methodologies for the Identification of Rapid Response Genes in Indicator and Other Species of Interest -- Measurement of Global Gene Expression by Microarray Technology	Schill, Bane (William)	Completed
FHB	01088	Emergency and Technical Assistance in Fish Health	Panek, Frank	Active
FHB	01088-01	The Use of Non-lethal Indicators to Determine Genetic and Immune System Damage in Brown Bullheads (Ameriurus nebulosus) from the Anacostia River	Baumann, Paul C.	Completed
FHB	01089	Developing an Invertebrate Index of Biological Integrity (IBI) for the Ohio River	Baumann, Paul C.	Completed
FHB	01090	Between and Within Strain Variation in Response to Challenge with Flavobacterium branchiophilum	Starliper, Clifford E.	Completed
FHB	01091	Imperiled freshwater mussels: the need for research to prevent the introduction and transmission of pathogens and diseases	Starliper, Clifford E.	Completed
FHB	01092	Incidence of Disease in Freshwater Mussels. Studies of the Bacterial Flora from Mussels from the Holston River	Starliper, Clifford E.	Completed
FHB	01093	Cellular, Biochemical and Immunological Methods Using Diatoms to Determine the Influence of Surface Water in Ground Water Systems: Monoclonal Antibody Production	Ottinger, Chris	Completed
FHB	01094	Diseases of Coral and Coral Reef Fishes	Densmore, Christine	Active
FHB	01095	Laboratory Studies on the Effect of Carbon Dioxide to Kill Pathogenic Bacteria in the Aquatic Environment	Starliper, Clifford E.	Completed
FHB	01096	Fish Health Assessment in the Colorado River	Blazer, Vicki S.	Completed
FHB	01097	Assessment of Health Reproduction in Fishes from the Potomac River and Selected Other Drainages	Blazer, Vicki S.	Active
FHB	01098	Second United States and Russia Bilateral Symposium of Fish Health and the Environment	Cipriano, Rocco C.	Completed
FHB	01099	Investigation of Point and Non-Point Bacterial Contamination in West Virginia and Virginia Surface and Ground Waters by Rapid Molecular Methods	Schill, Bane (William)	Active
FHB	01100	Effect of Riparian Zone and Associated Stream Substrata on Tubifex tubifex: Density and Infection Rate with Myxobolus cerebralis	Blazer, Vicki S.	Completed
FHB	01101	Mycobacteriosis in Delaware Bay Striped Bass	Ottinger, Chris	Completed
FHB	01102	Virulence Assessment of Isolates of Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPNV) Endemic and Exotic to the Great Lakes Basin	McAllister, Philip E., II	Completed
FHB	01103	Development of Fluidized Microarray Technology for the Study of Function and Ecology of Environmental Microbes	Schill, Bane (William)	Completed
FHB	01104	Epizootic Epitheliotropic Disease (EED) of Lake Trout: Detection and Identification of Causative Virus (EEDV)	McAllister, Philip E., II	Completed
FHB	01105	Epidemiology and Control of Emergent Disease Issues Associated with Interjurisdictional Fish Restoration Programs	Cipriano, Rocco C.	Active
FHB	01106	Fish Health and Reproductive Studies at Lake Erie Areas of Concern	Blazer, Vicki S.	Active
FHB	01107	Biological and Paleoecological Perspective on the Causes of Seagrass Die-Off	Schill, Bane (William)	Completed
FHB	01109	Genetics of Resistant Strains of Salmonids to Myxbolus cerebralis	Beauchamp, Katherine A.	Completed
FHB	01111	Development of molecular genetic markers to study the genetics of scleractinian corals in relationship to coral disease and reef resilience	Beauchamp, Katherine A.	Completed
FHB	01112	Pathogenesis of frog virus 3 among early life stages of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)	Densmore, Christine	Active
FHB	01113	Development of an improved mediume for primary isolation of Flavobacterium psychrophilum, cause of bacterial coldwater disease	Starliper, Clifford E.	Active
FHB	01114	Identifying mussel tissues/sites that may be collected in a non-destructive/non-lethal procedure for the purpose of health screening and detection of pathogens in imperiled freshwater mussels	Starliper, Clifford E.	Active
FHB	01115	Molecular based detection of fish pathogens relevant to the endangered suckers of Upper Klamath Lake and the development of a surrogate laboratory model for disease challenge studies	Ottinger, Chris	Active
FHB	01116	Joint Demonstration Project (BEST and NAWQA) to Assess Effects of Contaminants on Three Northeast Rivers	Baumann, Paul C.	Completed
FHB	01117	Effect of Benthic Invertebrate Populations, Riparian Zone and Associated Water Quality on Infection Rates of Tubifex tubifex with Myxobolus cerebralis	Blazer, Vicki S.	Active
FHB	01118	TASK #31 - Comparison of the bacterial flora and parasite infestations of healthy and diseased imperiled freshwater mussels from seasonal mussel dieoffs in the Tennessee River	Starliper, Clifford E.	Active
FHB	01125	Modeling Microbial Diversity Of Infection To Affect FDA Revision Of Licensed Antibiotics From “Control Of Mortality” To “Control Of Pathogen”	Cipriano, Rocco C.	Active
FHB	01127	Method verification of the detection of mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences of DNA specific to various animal hosts in a set of challenge water samples	Schill, Bane (William)	Active
AEB	02032-09	Technical assistance for analysis of striped bass tagging database	Smith, Dave R.	Completed
AEB	02032-11	Analysis of combined tag-recovery and release data		Completed
AEB	02032-12	Inheritance of restriction fragment length polymorphism in striped bass	King, Timothy L.	Completed
AEB	02042-05	Biology of Atlantic sturgeon	Henderson-Arzapalo, Anne	Completed
AEB	02047-03	Ecology and biology of declining freshwater mussels	Villella, Rita	Active
AEB	02047-04	Evaluation of sampling designs to monitor populations of freshwater mussels in small- to mid-sized drainages in the northeastern ecoregion		Completed
AEB	02047-05	Development of culture and holding methods for freshwater mussels	Villella, Rita	Completed
AEB	02047-07	Survival of Relocated Brook Floaters (Alasmidonta varicosa) (species of special concern, New Hampshire state-listed endangered) from the Suncook River, New Hampshire	Smith, Dave R.	Active
AEB	02048-01	Relations between watershed, riparian, and instream habitat and their influence on fish assemblage structure in the Opequon Creek drainage basin, West Virginia (USA)	Snyder, Craig	Completed
AEB	02048-02	Distribution and abundance of aquatic species in Canaan Valley, West Virginia, in relation to physical, chemical and geomorphological factors	Snyder, Craig	Completed
AEB	02048-03	Aquatic ecosystem response to hemlock decline in eastern forests	Snyder, Craig	Completed
AEB	02048-04	Long term aquatic recovery of a 500+ year flood event in Shenandoah National Park	Snyder, Craig	Completed
AEB	02048-05	Investigations on fish health in selected tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay and linkages to water quality, land use and other environmental factors	Blazer, Vicki S.	Completed
AEB	02049-01	Genetic stock identification of Atlantic salmon inhabiting North America with emphasis on the downeast rivers of Maine	King, Timothy L.	Active
AEB	02050-03	Technical assistance in sturgeon population dynamics	King, Timothy L.	Completed
AEB	02050-04	Delineation of freshwater mussel systematics using DNA techniques	King, Timothy L.	Completed
AEB	02051-01	Factors affecting food chain transfer of mercury in the vicinity of the Nyanza Superfund Site, Sudbury River, Massachusetts		Completed
AEB	02051-02	Sources, fate, and effects of mercury in aquatic systems at Acadia National Park, Maine and Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts	Haines, Terry	Completed
AEB	02051-03	Determination of source and bioavailability of mercury to bald eagles in Maine		Completed
AEB	02052	Effects of acidity and aluminum on Atlantic salmon smolts in Maine	Haines, Terry	Completed
AEB	02053	Evaluation of alkalinity enhancement of Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery water on Atlantic salmon production	Haines, Terry	Completed
AEB	02054	Inferring regional patterns and responses in N and Hg biogeochemistry using two sets of gauged paired-watersheds at Acadia National Park	Haines, Terry	Completed
AEB	02055	Modeling stand vulnerability and biological impacts of the hemlock by the hemlock woolly adelgid	Young, John A.	Completed
AEB	02056	New methods for control of zebra mussels and Asian clams: effect of carbon dioxide and gas supersaturation on stress and survivorship	Watten, Barnaby	Completed
AEB	02057	Impacts of exotic fish on the distribution of native unionid fish hosts in the eastern U.S.	Young, John A.	Completed
AEB	02058	Application of the BEST contaminant assessment program to Acadia National Park, Maine	Haines, Terry	Completed
AEB	02059	Relocation of native freshwater bivalves: Evaluation of survival, movement and recruitment at Kennerdell, PA	Villella, Rita	Active
AEB	02060	Identification of management and/or evoluntionary units and spawning areas of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus)	Henderson-Arzapalo, Anne	Completed
AEB	02061	Relocation of native freshwater bivalves: Evaluation of survival, movement, and recruitment in French Creek at Utica, Pennsylvania	Villella, Rita	Completed
AEB	02062	Genetic population structure of the green floater (Lasmigona subviridis): Identification of management units and associated fish hosts	King, Timothy L.	Completed
AEB	02063	Bioavailability and potential effects of mercury and selected other trace metals on biota in Plow Shop and Grove ponds, Fort Devens, Massachusetts	Haines, Terry	Completed
AEB	02065	Status, trends, and genetic population structure of Horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) in Delaware Bay	Smith, Dave R.	Completed
AEB	02065-01	Genetic stock identification in the Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyhemus): A range-wide perspective from microsatellite DNA variation	King, Timothy L.	Completed
AEB	02066	Identification of population structure, metapopulation extent, and evoluntionarily significant lineages in the Federally threatened bog turtle: Implications for restoration	King, Timothy L.	Completed
AEB	02067	Assessing the risk posed to native Atlantic salmon in Maine by escapement of European salmon with emphasis on the potential for outbreeding depression	King, Timothy L.	Completed
AEB	02068	Survey protocol for estimating distribution, density, and abundance of freshwater mussels with emphasis on Federally listed species	Villella, Rita	Completed
AEB	02069	Conservation genetics of at-risk species and species of concern	King, Timothy L.	Active
AEB	02069-01	Identification of population structure, metapopulation extent, and evolutionarily significant lineages of the spotted salamander and wood frog inhabiting vernal pools in three national parks: implications for conservation strategies	King, Timothy L.	Active
AEB	02069-10	Identification of Population Structure, Metapopulation Extent, and Evoluntarily Significant Lineages in the Spotted Turtle: Implications for Restoration	King, Timothy L.	Active
AEB	02069-16	Technical Assistance through Population Genetics and Molecular Systematics: Robust Tools for Delineation of Evolutionary-Based Conservation Units	King, Timothy L.	Active
AEB	02070	Internet accessible county level maps of landscape patterns	Young, John A.	Completed
AEB	02071	Conserva