Changes in epizoic crustacean infestations during cetacean die-offs: The mass mortality of Mediterranean striped dolphins Stenella coeruleoalba revisited

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-247

  Aznar, F J ^a   Perdiguero, D ^a   Perez Del Olmo A ^a   Repulles A ^a   Agusti C ^a   Raga, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Epibiont; Epidemics; Mass mortality; Morbillivirus; Parasite; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DOLPHIN; EPIDEMIC; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MASS MORTALITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

CETACEA; CETACEAN MORBILLIVIRUS; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; MEASLES VIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; PENNELLA; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA; XENOBALANUS GLOBICIPITIS;

EID: 29244436406     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao067239     Document Type: Article

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