Morag Clinton

Morag Clinton
Sitka Sound Science Center

Aquatic Pathology, BVMS PhD
Applied research of the complex drivers & consequences of altered animal health in wild & cultured fisheries of Alaska.

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Introduction
I am a veterinary PhD specialising in fish health. My research seeks to address questions around the impacts of climate change and emerging diseases on aquatic animal & environmental health in Alaska. Through use of histopathology, techniques in clinical pathology, and molecular approaches such as transcriptomics & molecular diagnostics, I aim to gain a holistic understanding of the impacts of infectious and non-infectious stressors to inform fisheries policy & enhanced management.
Additional affiliations
July 2019 - January 2021
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Position
  • Aquatic pathologist (finfish)
January 2021 - present
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Position
  • Research Scientist
Description
  • I am affiliated with the Institute of Arctic Biology & working with the Center for Alaska Native Health Research (CANHR) on projects including the Alaska Alliance for Community Engagement — Climate and Health (AK ACE-CH).

Publications

Publications (12)
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Cnidarian jellyfish are pest species of marine aquaculture, with their acute impacts well documented in farmed fish, particularly affecting the delicate gill tissue. Less is known about subsequent consequences of exposure, including their association with secondary bacterial infections. The aim of this study was to identify whether potentially path...
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Gelatinous plankton present a challenge to marine fish aquaculture that remains to be addressed. Shifting plankton distributions, suggested by some to be a result of factors such as climate change and overfishing, appear to be exacerbated by anthropogenic factors linked directly to aquaculture. Fish health can be negatively influenced by exposure t...
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Background Understanding the influence of methodology on results is an essential consideration in experimental design. In the expanding field of fish microbiology, many best practices and targeted techniques remain to be refined. This study aimed to compare microbial assemblages obtained from Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar) gills by swabbing versus...
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The gill of teleost fish is a multifunctional organ involved in many physiological processes, including protection of the mucosal gill surface against pathogens and other environmental antigens by the gill-associated lymphoid tissue (GIALT). Climate change associated phenomena, such as increasing frequency and magnitude of harmful algal blooms (HAB...
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Background Understanding the relationship between resident microbiota and disease in cultured fish represents an important and emerging area of study. Marine gill disorders in particular are considered an important challenge to Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture, however relatively little is known regarding the role resident gill microbiota...
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This chapter presents an overview of the clinical signs and major disease syndromes affecting captive and wild invertebrates. This grouping includes all animal groups not in the subphylum Vertebrata. Covered in this chapter are the Porifera (sponges), coelenterates (jellyfish, anemones, corals – wild and in cultivation), mollusks (bivalves), gastro...
Chapter
Fundamentals of Aquatic Veterinary Medicine provides systematic, highly practical guidance on the treatment of aquatic mammals, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates in veterinary practice. Mapping to each of the nine core areas of the WAVMA Certified Aquatic Veterinarian (CertAqV) Program, this comprehensive clinical reference covers taxonomy, anat...
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An unusual condition affecting market size rainbow trout was investigated. This condition was prevalent for several years at low levels but affected a large proportion of stock during 2018 and 2019. Chronic fibrosis affecting cranial tissues and the jaw was observed in samples collected in 2018. A larger sampling was then conducted in 2019 to inves...
Data
This is the supplementary table for the publication "Impacts of jellyfish on marine cage aquaculture: an overview of existing knowledge and the challenges to finfish health". This table details the known cnidarian jellyfish of concern to aquaculture, and the impact of their exposure on fish health.

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