Host susceptibility hypothesis for shell disease in American lobsters

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 215-225

  Tlusty, Michael F ^a   Smolowitz, Roxanna M ^a,b   Halvorson, Harlyn O ^c   DeVito, Simone E ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEPHROPIDAE; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FUNGI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEPHROPIDAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HOMARUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 39749106826     PISSN: 08997659     EISSN: 15488667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/H06-014.1     Document Type: Article

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