Distribution of Neoparamoeba sp. in sediments around marine finfish farming sites in Tasmania

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 61-66

  Crosbie, P B B ^a   Macleod, C ^b   Forbes, S ^b   Nowak, B F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

AGD; Amoebic gill disease; Environmental parameters; Marine sediments; Neoparamoeba

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SALMONID CULTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

NEOPARAMOEBA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 28944431769     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao067061     Document Type: Article

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