Short- and long-term dietary effects on disease and mortality in American lobster Homarus americanus

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-253

  Tlusty, Michael F ^a   Myers, Anna ^a   Metzler, Anita ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

American lobster; Bait; Diet; Herring; Laboratory model; Shell disease

Indexed keywords

BAIT; DIET; DISEASE; LABORATORY METHOD; LOBSTER; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MODELING; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SHELL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; DIET; MOLTING; NEPHROPIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; DIET; MOLTING; NEPHROPIDAE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

ALGAE; ARTEMIA; CANCRIDAE; CLUPEIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER; SPIRULINA;

EID: 42249091890     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01867     Document Type: Article

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