Evaluation of a nonlethal technique for hemolymph collection in Elliptio complanata, a freshwater bivalve (Mollusca: Unionidae)

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-165

  Gustafson, Lori L ^a,c   Stoskopf, Michael K ^a   Bogan, Arthur E ^a,b   Showers, William ^a   Kwak, Thomas J ^a   Hanlon, Shane ^a,d   Levine, Jay F ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshwater mussels; Hemolymph; Nonlethal sampling; Unionidae

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; GROWTH; HEALTH MONITORING; HEMATOLOGY; SAMPLING; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; ELLIPTIO COMPLANATA; MOLLUSCA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 24044495921     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao065159     Document Type: Article

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