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Randal L. Walker, and Peter B. Heffernan (1992). "Lethal
Parasites in Oysters from Coastal Georgia with Discussion of
Disease and Management Implications." Marine Fisheries Review,
54(2):1-6.
Extensive mortalities of oysters, Crassostrea virginica, occurred from
1985 through 1987 in coastal waters of Georgia. Fluid thioglycolate cultures
of oysters collected from 16 of 17 locations revealed infections by the
apicomplexan parasite Perkinsus marinus. An ascetosporan parasite,
Haplosporidium nelsoni, was also observed in histopathological examination of
oysters from 4 of the locations. While the range of H. nelsoni currently is
recognized as the east coast of the United States from Maine to Florida, this
is the first report of the parasite in Georgia waters. This paper documents
the occurrence of these two lethal parasites in oysters from coastal waters of
Georgia, along with potential disease and management implications. Results of
an earlier independent and previously unpublished survey are also discussed
which document the presence of P. marinus in Georgia as early as 1966.
Lewis, Tracy R. (1977). "Attitudes Toward Risk and the Optimal
Exploitation of an Exhaustible Resource." Journal of
Environmental Economics and Management, 4:111-119.
The exploitation of a nonrenewable natural resource, such as petroleum
or mineral ores, is analyzed in a stochastic framework with price uncertainty.
The market setting may be either monopolistic or competitive. We demonstrate
that the rate of extraction varies directly with the resource owner's
willingness to accept risk. Risk preferring owners use the resource more
rapidly than risk neutral owners, who in turn deplete the resource more
rapidly than risk averse owners. It is also seen that the usual practice of
increasing the discount rate to account for risk induces a more rapid rate of
resource use when in fact a slower rate of depletion is desired.
Lewis, Tracy R. and James Cowens (1982). "The Great Fish War: A
Cooperative Solution." Resources Paper No. 84, University of
British Columbia, Department of Economics, Room 997B, 1873 East
Mall, Vancouver, Canada, B6T 1Y2.
This note investigates a model that bases a firms harvesting decision on
the current stock as well as on the previous behavior of its competitors for
its predictions on the sustainability of cooperative resource use, in which
agreements are enforced by threat of retaliation. We use the Levhari-Mirman
example to relate the prospects for maintaining cooperative arrangements to
(a) the number of users and their ability to monitor each other, (b) the time
rate of discount, and (c) the growth potential of the resource.
Lewis-Beck, Michael S. (1980). Applied Regression, An Introduction.
Sage University Papers Series on Quantitative Applications in the
Social Sciences, 07-022, Sage Publications, London.
An introduction to applied regression analysis with examples.
Liao, David S. (1979). "An Economic Analysis of Mobility of Shrimp
Vessels in the South Atlantic States." South Carolina Marine
Resources Center, Technical Report Number 35, May, 38 pp.
The study develops economic information concerning mobility of shrimp
trawlers in the south Atlantic states. The study examined the mobility
patterns of trawlers, factors associated with the trawler mobility, and the
economic performance of various types of shrimping operations. It was hoped
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