Browsing Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Department "Natural Resources (MU)"
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Estimating at-vessel mortality rates of shortfin mako sharks caught in the US pelagic longline fishery and examining environmental drivers of their depth use in the North Atlantic Ocean
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Shortfin mako sharks, Isurus oxyrinchus, have historically been a small part of recreational and commercial fisheries in the United States (U.S.). Recent stock assessments have identified declines in mako shark stocks that ... -
Identifying patterns of chronic wasting disease prevalence in Missouri's Odocoileus virginianus population
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a deadly and infectious neurodegenerative disease caused by a normal host protein, the cellular prion protein (PrPC), that takes on an abnormal complexity and is found in white-tailed deer ... -
Understanding bacterial zoonotic disease infection and its severity on wildlife populations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Emerging infectious diseases have significantly increased in recent years; approximately 60 percent of these emerging diseases are of zoonotic origin, and of those, around 70 percent were identified to start with wild ...