Effects of high temperature and dissolved oxygen concentration on the development of Cryptocaryon irritans (Ciliophora) with a comment on the autumn outbreaks of cryptocaryoniasis

Fish Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 231-235

  Yoshinaga, Tomoyoshi ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptocaryon irritans; Dissolved oxygen; Temperature; Tomont; Trophont

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOCARYON IRRITANS;

EID: 0035568564     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.36.231     Document Type: Article

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