CROSS: FIN EROSION AMONG FISHES 



as fin rot . . . may be characteristic of fishes resident 

 in degraded habitats, where environmental 

 stresses of toxic chemicals, low dissolved oxygen, 

 and high microbial populations exist" (p. 722). The 

 etiology of the disease is unknown. "The multifac- 

 torial genesis of disease in marine species is be- 

 coming apparent, involving environmental stress, 

 facultative pathogens, resistance of hosts, and la- 

 tent infections" (Sindermann 1979:741). 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



I would like to thank the Los Angeles County 

 Sanitation District for providing the monitoring 

 data and Alan Mearns and Leslie Harris for pro- 

 viding the age data on Dover sole. The comments 

 of an anonymous reviewer improved the quality of 

 the manuscript. 



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