Protozoan parasites in cultured mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis in the Thermaikos Gulf (north Aegean Sea, Greece)

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-254

  Rayyan, Abdalnasser ^a   Damianidis, Panagiotis ^a   Antoniadou, Chryssanthi ^a   Chintiroglou, Chariten C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ancistrum mytili; Marteilia refringens maurini; Mussel pathogens; Mytilus galloprovincialis

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSC; MUSSEL CULTURE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; THERMAIKOS GULF;

ANCISTRIDAE; ANCISTRUM; MARTEILIA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PARAMYXEA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33746458417     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao070251     Document Type: Article

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