Salinity effects on viability, metabolic activity and proliferation of three Perkinsus species

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-74

  La Peyre, Megan ^a   Casas, Sandra ^b,c   La Peyre, Jerome ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓNS MARIÑAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Metabolic activity; P. Chesapeaki; P. Olseni; Perkinsus marinus; Proliferation; Salinity; Viability

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; METABOLISM; PATHOGEN; SALINITY TOLERANCE; VIABILITY;

PERKINSUS; PERKINSUS CHESAPEAKI; PERKINSUS MARINUS; PERKINSUS OLSENI;

EID: 33747135729     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao071059     Document Type: Article

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