Donald C. Behringer is an associate professor at the University of Florida (USA) where he holds a joint appointment with Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences and the Emerging Pathogens Institute. He received his B.S. in zoology from the University of Florida and his PhD in ecology from Old Dominion University. Research in his lab is focused on the intersection of disease ecology, environmental change, and fishery ecology. Dr. Behringer was a 2015-2016 US-UK Fulbright Scholar to the University of Exeter and a 2018 University of Florida Global Fellow.Brian R. Silliman is the Rachel Carson Professor of Marine Conservation Biology. He holds both B.A. and M.S. degrees from the University of Virginia, and completed his Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Brown University. His teaching and research are focused on community ecology, conservation and restoration, global change, plant-animal interactions, and evolution and ecological consequences of cooperative behavior.Kevin D. Lafferty is an ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, which serves the United States by providing reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters; manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources; and enhance and protect our quality of life. He knows little geology, but does some disease ecology and conservation, especially in coastal ecosystems like coral reefs, estuaries, kelp forests, and (preferably) sandy beaches with nice waves. He entered UCSB in 1981 as a freshman, and stayed there until they let him become the surf team faculty advisor.

• SECTION 1: MARINE INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THEIR ECOLOGICAL ROLES 1: Bateman, Feist, Bignell, Bass and Stentiford: Marine pathogen diversity and disease outcomes 2: Mclaughlin, Morton and Lafferty: Parasites in marine food webs 3: Morton, Silliman and Lafferty: Disease can shape marine ecosystems SECTION 2: DRIVERS OF MARINE DISEASE 4: Little, Rojas and Rohwer: Bacteriophage can drive virulence in marine pathogens 5: Burge and Hershberger: Climate change can drive marine diseases 6: Bojko, Lipp, Ford and Behringer: Pollution can drive marine diseases 7: Lohan, Ruiz and Torchin: Invasions can drive marine disease dynamics SECTION 3: DISEASE PROBLEMS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT 8: Harvell and Lamb: Disease outbreaks can threaten marine biodiversity 9: Raymundo, Burge and Lamb: Disease ecology in marine conservation and management 10: Behringer, Wood, Krkosek and Bushek: Disease in fisheries and aquaculture SECTION 4: WORKING WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASES 11: Frasca, Gast, Bogomolni and Szczepanek: Diagnosing marine diseases 12: Ben-Horin, Bidegain, de Leo, Groner, Hofmann, McCallum and Powell: Modelling marine diseases 13: Thurber: Future directions for marine disease research

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