Shell disease in the gold lip pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima and the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-168

  Perkins, Frank O ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conchiolin; Crassostrea virginica; Light microscopy; Pinctada maxima; Shell disease; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000781320     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:1996019     Document Type: Article

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