Response of the American lobster to the stress of shell disease

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 757-760

  Laufer, Hans ^a,b   Demir, Neslihan ^a   Biggers, William J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecdysone; Homarus americanus; Lobster; Molting; Shell disease

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; HORMONE; LOBSTER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY;

LONG ISLAND SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 33646766421     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2005)24[757:ROTALT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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