Prevalence of Hematodinium sp. infecting Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) from the Clyde Sea Area: Compiled data from 1988-2019

Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) are susceptible to Hematodinium sp., an endoparasitic dinoflagellate that proliferates in the haemolymph, causing morbidity and mortality in infected hosts. From an epizootiological perspective, the Clyde Sea Area (CSA) on the west of Scotland is the best studied Hematodinium-Nephrops pathosystem. The dataset here encompasses all systematic data available on the prevalence of Hematodinium sp. infecting Nephrops norvegicus in the CSA (ICES Division VIa) from 1988 to 2019. This includes data retrieved and curated from six peer-reviewed articles, two PhD theses and two reports to the UK Ministry of Agriculture and Food. This dataset is linked to the manuscript entitled 'Infection of Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) by the parasite Hematodinium sp.: Insights from 30 years of field observations'.

Data contained in this dataset were retrieved from six peer-reviewed articles:

Beevers, N., Kilbride, E., Atkinson, R., Neil, D., 2012. Hematodinium infection seasonality in the Firth of Clyde (Scotland) Nephrops norvegicus population: a re-evaluation. Dis Aquat Organ 100, 95–104. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02473
Field, R. H., Chapman, C., Taylor, A., Neil, D. M., & Vickerman, K. (1992). Infection of the Norway lobster Nephrons norvegicus by a Hematodinium-like species of dinoflagellate on the west coast of Scotland. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 13(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao013001
Field, R. H., Hills, J. M., Atkinson, R. J. A., Magill, S., Shanks, & A. M. (1998). Distribution and seasonal prevalence of Hematodinium sp. infection of the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) around the west coast of Scotland. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 55(5), 846–858. https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.1998.0357
Small, H.J., Wilson, S., Neil, D.M., Hagan, P., Coombs, G.H. (2002). Detection of the parasitic dinoflagellate Hematodinium in the Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus by ELISA. Dis Aquat Org 52:175-177. https://doi: 10.3354/dao052175
Stentiford, G., Neil, D. M., & Atkinson, R. J. A. (2001a). The relationship of Hematodinium infection prevalence in a Scottish Nephrops norvegicus population to season, moulting and sex. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 58(4), 814–823. https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.2001.1072
Stentiford, G. D., Neil,D. M. and Coombs,G. H.(2001b). Development and application of an immunoassay diagnostic technique for studying Hematodinium infections in Nephrops norvegicus populations. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 46(3):223-229. doi:10.3354/dao046223 
two PhD theses:

Field, R. H. (1992). The control of escape behaviour in, and the histopathology of, the Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus (L.) [University of Glasgow]. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2889/
Small, H. J. (2004). Infections of the Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus (L.) by dinoflagellate and ciliate parasites [University of Glasgow]. https://theses.gla.ac.uk/624/
and two reports to the UK Ministry of Agriculture and Food:

Appleton, P. L., Field R.H., Vickerman, K., Atkinson R.J.A, Taylor, A.C., Rogerson, A. & Neil, D.M. (1997). Mortality of Nephrops norvegicus on the West of Scotland. Project Reference: MFO218. Final report to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Scientists' group, UK.
Field, R. H., & Appleton, P. L., Vickerman, K., Atkinson, R.J.A., Taylor, A.C., Rogerson, A., Neil, D.M., Shanks, A. (1995). Mortality of Nephrops norvegicus on the West Coast of Scotland. Project reference: CSA 2139; report to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, UK.