Decreased resistance of eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) to a protozoan pathogen (Perkinsus marinus) after sublethal exposure to tributyltin oxide

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-201

  Fisher, W S ^a   Oliver, L M ^a   Walker, W W ^a   Manning, C S ^b   Lytle, T F ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

(Tributyl)tin; Bioaccumulation; Crassostrea virginica; Disease; Lethal effects; Oyster; Perkinsus marinus; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING AGENT; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANTIFOULING; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; POLLUTION EFFECT; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MEXICO; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OYSTER; PROTOZOON; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SURVIVAL;

GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032906082     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(98)00114-7     Document Type: Article

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