Pea crab, Pinnotheres ostreum Say, 1817, in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791): Prevalence and apparent adverse effects on oyster gonad development

Veliger

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-20

  O'Beirn, Francis X ^a   Walker, Randal L ^b  

^a VIMS Eastern Shore Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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