Sea urchin Meoma ventricosa die-off in Curacao (Netherlands Antilles) associated with a pathogenic bacterium

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-74

  Nagelkerken, I ^a,b   Smith, G W ^c   Snelders, E ^a   Karel, M ^a   James, S ^c  

^a CARMABI FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Lytechinus variegatus; Meoma ventricosa; Mortality; Pathogenic bacterium; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NETHERLANDS; PATHOGENICITY;

BACTERIUM; ECHINODERM; MASS MORTALITY; PATHOGEN;

CURACAO; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; MEOMA VENTRICOSA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033547165     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao038071     Document Type: Article

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