The influence of multiple environmental stressors on susceptibility to parasites: An experimental determination with oysters

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 910-924

  Lenihan, Hunter S ^a,c   Micheli, Fiorenza ^a,d   Shelton, Stephen W ^b   Peterson, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MOLLUSC; PARASITE INFESTATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; PERKINSUS MARINUS;

EID: 0032959645     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.3_part_2.0910     Document Type: Article

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