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The roles that pathobiology may play in the advance of experimental marine science and ecology are diverse. As a multidisciplinary science, pathobiology will permit the investigation of structural and functional phenomena that influence marine systems, particularly in reference to cause-effect relationships. Pathobiology focuses on disease and dysfunction, as natural biological responses and processes, rather than as just clinical syndromes or histopathological endpoints (structural lesion). Many opportunities exist for cooperative investigations among pathobiologists and scientists from other backgrounds in determining health requirements and limits for populations and species of estuarine and marine organisms. Specific topics of research of high present interest are: (1) toxicological pathology of coastal species; (2) pathophysiology of aquatic forms; (3) novel virological studies in marine species; and (4) development of functional and mode-of-action models among estuarine-marine species.