Seasonal fluctuations in the occurrence of abnormal enlargement of the ovary of Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas at Gokasho Bay, Mie, Japan

Fish Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 83-91

  Imanaka, Sonomi ^a   Itoh, Naoki ^b   Ogawa, Kazuo ^b   Wakabayashi, Hisatsugu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crassostrea gigas; Oocyte; Pacific oyster; Paramyxea; Parasite; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; MARTEILIOIDES CHUNGMUENSIS; OSTREIDAE; PARAMYXEA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035620622     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.36.83     Document Type: Article

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