Invasive orchitophryid ciliate infections in juvenile Pacific and Kumomoto oysters, Crassostrea gigas and Crassostrea sikamea

Aquaculture

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Elston, Ralph A ^a   Cheney, Dan ^b   Frelier, Paul ^c   Lynn, Denis ^d  

^a Pacific Shellfish Institute   (United States)

^b Pacific Shellfish Institute   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Bivalve mollusc; Ciliate; Disease; Health management

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; DISEASE; MARICULTURE; OYSTER CULTURE;

UNITED STATES;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; CRASSOSTREA SIKAMEA;

EID: 0033561270     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(98)00512-2     Document Type: Article

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